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Residents press Plumas County supervisors on property-tax increases, emergency notifications
Summary
Residents told the Plumas County Board of Supervisors they are still coping with post-wildfire property-tax assessment swings and gaps in emergency communications; the board pledged follow-up and to place assessment-policy language on a forthcoming agenda.
More than a dozen residents urged the Plumas County Board of Supervisors to take concrete steps on wintertime property-tax assessment increases and to fix gaps in emergency notifications during recent evacuations.
Janet Crane of Meadow Valley told the board she expects the county to pursue relief after what she called "massive increase[s]" in assessments tied to disaster-driven market swings and asked officials to seek changes at the state level and to rescind a 2012 board action limiting mailed notices. "I'm asking again for you to tell us what you're gonna do to to solve that problem," Crane said during the public-comment period.
Crane also recounted an evacuation during the Fly Fire and said she received no county notifications while she was out of town. The county acknowledged the communication failures and said staff would follow up; the chair asked the sheriff's office and the county risk manager to review notification procedures.
County staff and supervisors responded that the administration is preparing language to revisit the February 2012 notice policy and that the item will be returned to a future agenda for further discussion. The chair said the board is "fleshing out the verbiage" and will bring the matter back on the next scheduled meeting date.
The public comment period also included calls for greater technological access to meeting videos and for the board to accommodate differing votes as a reflection of constituent views. One remote caller made a series of broad, unverified allegations about COVID-19 and government actions; county officials did not substantively respond during the meeting.
The board acknowledged the concerns and asked staff to follow up with a plan for (1) how to handle assessment appeals and (2) how to improve emergency alerting and public outreach. A date was set for further consideration as part of the board's upcoming agenda schedule.
The meeting then moved on to consent-business items and budget matters.
