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Board of Equalization approves a major assessed-value reduction and a tax cancellation
Summary
The board reconvened as the Board of Equalization, approved lowering a parcel’s assessed value from $356,949 to $169,846 (prorated occupancy), and approved a tax cancellation of $2,178.37 for a vacant new home; both motions passed on roll call.
At a reconvened Board of Equalization session, Jefferson County commissioners approved two formal actions: a recommended reduction in the assessed value of parcel RP00336001008D and a tax-cancellation for parcel RP00717002022A.
Assessor staff described a value-change recommendation based on additional information from the property owner and a commercial appraiser’s inspection, noting a revised date of occupancy. A commissioner moved to change the assessed value for parcel RP00336001008D from $356,949 to $169,846; the motion was seconded and carried on roll call. Staff clarified the revised figure reflects a prorated occupancy value, not the property’s full assessed value.
Later in the agenda, staff reported that a new home had been permitted in 2023 but remained unoccupied because planning and zoning had not completed final inspections. Citing state statute that an unoccupied home should not be placed on the primary tax roll, a commissioner moved and the board approved a tax cancellation of $2,178.37 for parcel RP00717002022A.
Both items were handled through roll-call votes; transcripts record the motions, seconds, and the board’s affirmative responses but do not provide a full printed vote-by-name tally in the record presented here.
