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County assessor questions board transparency; public comments highlight law-enforcement staffing concerns
Summary
County Assessor Hailey Wagner told the board she had documented Department of Revenue communications showing her office raised a refund-credit distribution discrepancy; multiple public commenters also criticized commissioners over sheriff staffing and transparency at the Dec. 3 meeting.
Hailey Wagner, the Curry County assessor, used the elected-officials portion of the Dec. 3 meeting to thank staff for delivering tax-season services and then sharply criticized the boardand county operations staff for how an internal accounting and audit issue was handled.
Wagner said she had emailed board members earlier in 2025 about concerns involving a county employee and later brought documentation showing that her office had identified discrepancies in potential refund-credit distributions. Wagner read an email from the Department of Revenue that the assessor said corroborates her account: the DOR message requests follow-up after…
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