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Johnson County approves tax abatement for homestead destroyed by fire and directs staff to draft guidelines
Summary
The BOCC approved Resolution 148-25 to abate 2025 real property taxes for the homestead at 11004 W 141st St (R185378) destroyed by fire on Jan. 26, 2025, and added an amendment directing staff to develop formal eligibility guidelines under the state statute cited in discussion.
The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 13 adopted Resolution 148-25 granting real-property disaster relief for a homestead destroyed by fire and directed county staff to draft formal eligibility guidelines.
Tom Franzen, Treasury/Taxation/Vehicles, summarized staff follow-up since the Nov. 6 agenda review: staff contacted impacted jurisdictions and received no objections from the majority, gathered property photos and repair estimates for the file, and noted insurance companies commonly determine the percentage loss relevant to the statute’s ‘substantially destroyed’ test.
Franzen presented proposed eligibility criteria included in the briefing sheet for…
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