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Thurston County outlines steps to reduce Board of Equalization backlog
Summary
HR Director Maria Ponta described the BOE’s role under state law, a spike in appeals driven by commercial filings, and operational changes—adding a hearings examiner, bundling appeals, pausing e-filing—to reduce a multi-year backlog; staff reported substantial progress but several hundred appeals remain.
Thurston County staff on Wednesday told commissioners they have begun operational changes that materially reduced a multi-year Board of Equalization backlog but that several hundred appeals still require resolution.
Maria Ponta, the county’s HR director who presented the update, explained the BOE’s role under state law as a quasi‑judicial body that hears appeals of property valuations. She said the board recently elected John Braver as chair, Diane Post as vice chair and Ted May as a…
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