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Brown County outlines 2026 assessment plan as state caps and senior-freeze changes reshape tax picture
Summary
Gene Lutzky, Brown County Director of Equalization, presented the county's 2026 assessment plan, explaining how recently proposed and passed state measures (referred to as SB 216 and related bills) will limit owner-occupied assessment growth countywide, require two sets of assessed values, and expand senior-freeze eligibility.
Gene Lutzky, Brown County’s director of equalization, told the commission the county’s 2026 assessment plan will be shaped by recent state action that limits owner-occupied assessment growth and changes eligibility for a senior property-tax freeze. "What Senate Bill 216 does is it limits owner occupied assessment to a 3% increase cumulatively county wide," Lutzky said, describing how the cap applies countywide rather than to individual parcels.
Lutzky said the county must maintain two sets of values: a full-and-true market value and an adjusted (capped) assessment. "You have to keep two sets of books," he said, adding that SB 216 is temporary unless amended and carries a five-year sunset currently scheduled to run through 2032 as written in the discussion. He also described a technical process for determining a multiplier to…
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