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Commissioners and outside appraiser detail widespread assessor office errors, commission reallocates resources for fixes
Summary
An independent appraiser told the Carbon County Commission that inconsistent data, missing procedures and training gaps left the assessor's office with hundreds of valuation errors; commissioners described missed deadlines and approved outside remediation and staffing changes to meet state requirements.
An independent appraiser told the Carbon County Commission that systemic problems in the county assessor's office led to hundreds of incorrect property valuations, prompting the commission to bring in outside help and reallocate funds to complete commercial appraisals and correct the tax roll.
Kevin, the contracted independent mass appraiser hired to address errors identified by the Utah State Tax Commission, told commissioners he found PUMA (the county's mass appraisal system) disorganized, inconsistent and missing written standards. He said staff lacked adequate training, administrative tax codes were misapplied between PUMA and the county tax system (COINS), and the office had more than 700 errors in residential-exemption filings that he had…
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