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Cleveland County sets Sept. 17 public hearing on 2025 reappraisal; approves appointment and routine items
Summary
The Board of Commissioners unanimously authorized a Sept. 17, 2024 public hearing on the county's 2025 reappraisal schedule after the tax assessor said state guidance and falling sales ratios require a reappraisal; commissioners also approved consent items and appointed Catherine Hamburg to a planning board seat.
Cleveland County commissioners voted Tuesday to hold a public hearing on Sept. 17, 2024, to take public comment on the county's proposed 2025 reappraisal schedule and related schedule of values.
Tax Assessor Sherry Lavender told the board she was presenting the schedule to meet statutory requirements and because a Department of Revenue notice required the county to complete a reappraisal no later than Jan. 1, 2025. "So in closing, what I'm requesting of you tonight is to set a public hearing for public input on the schedule of values at your next meeting, 09/17/2024," Lavender said.
Lavender described countywide market changes since the last general reappraisal effective Jan. 1, 2021: a median sales price the office previously showed near $103,000 and a current (April) median of about $198,000, and a declining sales-ratio metric that she said now sits near 59%. She said the statutory acceptable sales-ratio band is roughly 85% to 115% and that the DOR letter required reappraisal to correct the gap.
After brief remarks from commissioners acknowledging the unpopularity of tax reassessments but the statutory requirement to reappraise more frequently when market shifts occur, the board moved, seconded and voted unanimously to set the public hearing for 6 p.m. on Sept. 17 in the commissioners' chambers.
In other business, the board approved routine consent agenda items by voice vote. The commissioners also appointed Catherine Hamburg to the Boiling Springs extraterritorial jurisdiction planning adjustment board for a three-year term ending June 30, 2027; the appointment was approved unanimously.
A closed-session motion to discuss personnel matters under the North Carolina statute cited in the record was approved and the board later returned to open session with no formal action to report. The meeting adjourned with the next meeting scheduled for Sept. 17, 2024 at 6 p.m.
