Residents raise questions about Tyler Technologies reassessment process and appeals; county officials outline hearings and timing
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Summary
During public comment at the July 2 commissioners meeting, residents asked about whether Tyler Technologies used certified appraisers, how vacant land comparables were handled and how new assessed/market values will affect tax bills; county staff described the appeals process and said new values take effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Multiple residents used the July 2 public-comment period to raise questions about the county’s property reassessment, how values were calculated by Tyler Technologies and how reassessed values will show up on future tax bills.
Resident Rose Nick asked whether recent appointments (listed on the meeting agenda) carried salaries and then shifted to questions about the reassessment. In response, county officials said board-appointed assessor hearings will review values and that volunteer boards will have certified members present for hearings.
Residents asked specifically whether Tyler Technologies employed certified appraisers during the reassessment and whether vacant land had comparable sales. An attorney who previously appeared at a town-hall meeting, Patrick Lavelle, was referenced by commenters as having said Tyler had no certified appraisers on staff and that comparables for vacant land were limited. County staff said vacant-land comparables can be a problem when sales are scarce and that the appeals (assessor’s hearings) are the venue for individual property owners to challenge values.
County staff explained the reassessment uses fair-market values drawn from sales in a defined period (described in the meeting as Jan. 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024). Officials said the reassessment becomes the county’s base-year assessed value and that common level ratio (CLR) calculations done by the state will not alter the base-year values; a new CLR would be applied in future years beginning July 1, 2026. County staff reiterated that the new assessed (fair-market) values will take effect Jan. 1, 2026, and that millage rates (school, municipal, county) will be set after total assessed value is finalized following the hearing process.
On practical details, residents raised concerns about appointment scheduling for assessor hearings and what happens if a property owner has unavoidable conflicts (vacation, medical procedures). County staff said the assessor’s office would work to accommodate such circumstances.
The board’s public record shows residents received guidance to apply for hearings and to work with the assessor’s office and Pat Tobin (named in the meeting as a contact) to arrange hearing times. Several speakers urged transparency and education to help residents understand how reassessment, CLR and millage calculations interact.
What was not specified on the record The meeting transcript records questions about certified appraisers and vacant-land comparables but does not supply documentation or a county-contracted roster confirming which Tyler Technologies staff members were certified appraisers. Specific counts of vacant-land transactions used as comparables were not stated in the record and remain not specified in the meeting transcript.