The Jones County tax office reported several administrative actions and deadlines at the Jan. 8, 2026 meeting; the board moved and approved the recommendations by voice vote.

Unidentified Speaker 4 told the board the office had 75 homestead applications pending review and "recommend[ed] approving all 75 exemptions." The board approved the list by motion and voice vote. The presenter also reported 34 E&R (DNR) appeals recommended for approval and said staff had completed processing 31 motor-vehicle appeals; the board approved those recommendations.

Staff provided operational deadlines and counts: the mobile home digest was completed and submitted to Brian on Dec. 31, 2025, with billing scheduled to go out Jan. 30, 2026 and the appeal deadline for mobile homes set for March 16, 2026. The CUVA and FLPA application period opened Jan. 5, 2026; to date the office had received 24 applications and the deadline to submit CUVA and FLPA applications was April 1, 2026. The office reported it had updated the FAA registry and identified eight aircraft owned by county residents; taxpayer returns will be sent Jan. 15 to determine where those aircraft are taxed.

On appeals generally, staff reported 488 total appeals with 478 resolved and 10 still open. Six appeals were scheduled for Board of Equalization hearings on Jan. 14; four were set to automatically resolve on Jan. 11. Staff said they anticipated resolving all appeals by Feb. 15, 2026 provided no additional appeals to the BOE or superior court were filed. The Department of Revenue provided public utility values on Dec. 30; assessment notices were mailed Dec. 31 and the office assessed public utilities at 40% of full value, an increase from the prior year.

Where the transcript did not provide roll-call vote tallies, the article reports outcomes as recorded (voice approval) and notes vote counts were not specified in the record.