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Special magistrates to issue recommended denials after Ryan LLC fails to appear at multiple Hernando County tax hearings
Summary
Appraiser special magistrates told the Hernando County Value Adjustment Board that petitioner Ryan LLC did not appear for 17 scheduled tax valuation hearings; magistrates said recommended decisions denying relief will be issued to preserve legal rights for potential circuit-court action.
Robert Hicks, an appraiser special magistrate selected by the Hernando County Value Adjustment Board, told the board that Ryan LLC failed to appear at a series of tax valuation hearings scheduled largely for Jan. 27, 2025. "The petitioner did not state good cause for their absence and did not request that the petition be heard and evidence considered in their absence," Hicks said. "A recommended decision denying relief will be issued to ensure that any legal rights the petitioner may have for potential action in circuit court are not impaired."
The remarks covered 17 separate petitions filed by Ryan LLC (petition numbers 2024-209 through 2024-225). For each petition the magistrate recorded the petition number, the parcel identifier as read into the record when available, and the petitioner’s absence; in one instance a different magistrate, Robert Dixon, made the same statement about a Ryan LLC petition. No formal votes or testimony from the petitioner were recorded on the transcript.
Why it matters: issuance of a recommended decision denying relief means the special magistrate will forward findings that deny the requested valuation changes; the transcript records the magistrates’ stated purpose for issuing the recommended denials as preserving the petitioner’s ability to seek review in circuit court. The transcript does not show any board vote adopting the magistrates’ recommendations during the session.
Petition numbers and parcel references recorded in the hearing transcript included: 2024-209 (parcel r1622318-3607-0000-0410); 2024-210 (parcel r162231836070001230); 2024-211 (parcel r222-221835-9900003390); 2024-212 (parcel r32,32317501000050190); 2024-213 (parcel r32323175010050090); 2024-214 (parcel r32323175040-01820210); 2024-215 (parcel r3232317505002510010); 2024-216 (parcel r3232317506002700060); 2024-217 (parcel r323231750703620240); 2024-218 (parcel r3232317507003850020); 2024-219 (parcel r3232317509005040240); 2024-220 (parcel r3232317509005170010); 2024-221 (parcel r3232317509005590170); 2024-222 (parcel r3232317509005700110); 2024-223 (parcel r323231750999005710220); 2024-224 (parcel r3232317509006040220); and 2024-225 (parcel R3232317512007290170). Some parcel strings in the transcript contained inconsistent spacing or punctuation; the article reproduces them as read into the record rather than reformatting or asserting an authoritative parcel-format conversion.
Discussion and next steps: the transcript contains repeated, nearly identical remarks from the magistrate for each petition noting the petitioner’s absence and the intention to issue recommended denials. The record does not show any testimony from Ryan LLC, any requests to reopen the hearings, nor any motions or votes taken by the Value Adjustment Board during the excerpted segments. The magistrates’ stated action is procedural: issuance of recommended decisions denying relief to be entered into the record and available should the petitioner pursue circuit-court review.
Speakers heard on the record were Robert Hicks and, for one petition, Robert Dixon, both identified as appraiser special magistrates selected by the Hernando County Value Adjustment Board. The petitioner, Ryan LLC, was listed in each case but was absent from the hearings according to the transcript.
