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Board of Tax Appeals says caseload surge is driving staffing requests in FY27 budget
Summary
BOTA chair Kristen Wheeler and KLRD fiscal analyst Jacob Klesby told the Senate committee caseload rose to nearly 8,400 cases, prompting requests for two additional staff positions and use of remaining ARPA funds for ongoing modernization; enhancements for market-rate adjustments were removed by the governor and LBC.
Jacob Klesby, fiscal analyst with KLRD assigned to the Board of Tax Appeals, presented the agency’s budget package and explained the FY26 baseline: total BOTA expenditures of about $2.7 million with $1.5 million from the state general fund and 16 full-time equivalent positions.
Klesby said the agency has an ARPA-funded modernization project with roughly $117,000 remaining, which BOTA is requesting authority to spend for milestone-based implementation costs. He described enhancement requests for additional FTEs and…
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