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Two Brooksville landowners contest reassessments, cite nearby mine activity and uniqueness of lots
Summary
Two Brooksville landowners disputed 2024 assessments for vacant, mine-adjacent parcels during consecutive hearings before Special Magistrate Colleen Millett on Jan. 9, 2025.
Two Brooksville landowners disputed 2024 assessments for vacant, mine-adjacent parcels during consecutive hearings before Special Magistrate Colleen Millett on Jan. 9, 2025.
Tom and Ruth Wilbanks (petition 24-022) and Dan and Amy Shramack (petition 24-023) told the magistrate that earlier Value Adjustment Board rulings or their own sales history showed substantially lower fair-market values than the Property Appraiser’s Office reported. The Wilbanks said the VAB previously adjusted their value to $121,908 for 2023, and they questioned a jump in the 2024 just value to $237,620 with an assessed/taxable value of $134,099.
“The property is unique and... it is located very close to the proximity of a mine quarry, which is negatively…
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