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Sedgwick County commissioners ask staff to prepare white paper opposing proposed 3% assessed-value cap
Summary
Commissioners raised constitutional and fiscal concerns about Senate Concurrent Resolution 1616 — a proposed constitutional amendment to cap assessed-value growth at 3% — and asked staff to prepare a concise Sedgwick County white paper to send to state lawmakers quantifying likely tax-shift effects and a potential 6‑mill impact on county revenue.
Commissioners at a Sedgwick County agenda read on Wednesday asked staff to prepare a concise white paper using county appraisal data to explain how a proposed constitutional amendment that would cap assessed-value growth at 3% (referred to in the discussion as Senate Concurrent Resolution 1616) could affect local revenues and tax incidence.
Commissioner Howell said he listened to three days of testimony on the measure and worried the proposal would allow different assessment rates across parcels within the same property classification, undermining the constitutional terms ‘uniform and equal.’ He said the change could shift tax burdens among property owners within…
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