During liaison reports on Nov. 19, Mr. King told the Planning Commission that the Board of Supervisors has been discussing a potential change to the property tax reassessment cycle, moving from the current four-year schedule to a two-year schedule.

King said the board was considering bringing reassessment work in-house — creating county positions rather than relying on an outside assessor — and indicated a public hearing would be scheduled (staff expected a vote to set a public hearing on Nov. 24 with substantive discussions beginning in January). He encouraged commissioners to inform residents in their communities and offered to speak with commissioners after the meeting about details.

King cautioned that different counties use different schedules and methods; he noted Pulaski conducts reassessments on a six-year cycle. He described the rationale as evening out large assessment swings by shortening the interval between reassessments, so increases or decreases would be less abrupt for taxpayers.

No formal action was taken at the Planning Commission on the reassessment proposal; King’s comments were a liaison report of Board-level discussion and the matter will return to the Board of Supervisors for any formal decision.