Nate Davis used the public comment period to criticize the assessor's appraisal process and a recent $10,000 request to hire an outside appraiser.
"I wanna talk again about what I heard you guys talking about 2 weeks ago where someone from the assessor's office said, will you commit $10,000 so that we can hire an assessor... and then we can get 1 person to pay $24,000 more per year in property taxes," Davis said, questioning why the board would fund outside appraisals if he believes the assessor s office should be accurate.
Davis described individual cases where appraised values rose far more than peer properties, said he had a prior appeal with large adjustments and said the mock hearing process did not yield a resolution in his case. He asked the board to explain why the county would commission outside appraisals and whether that signaled a lack of competence in the assessor's office.
Ending: Commissioners thanked him for the comment; no action or board direction was recorded during the meeting.