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Pittsburg commissioners direct staff to explore refunds or budget cuts after county valuation error raised mill levy
Summary
After residents and the county treasurer described how mistaken property inclusions drove a spike in assessed value, the Pittsburg City Commission voted to ask staff to work with county officials and state authorities to examine refunds, credits, or carrying excess tax dollars into next year.
Mayor called a special public-input segment of the Jan. 13 meeting to allow county and city staff to explain a sudden increase in the mill levy that has prompted widespread citizen concern. Crawford County Treasurer Joe Verzalano told the commission his office collects and distributes tax dollars and that a software delay briefly held back tax statement printing; he emphasized that the total tax dollars taxing entities requested did not change but that shifts in assessed valuations can alter the mill levy calculation.
The matter drew sustained public comment. Multiple residents and commissioners outlined a sequence in which high‑value parcels — including hospital property and a cluster identified as 'Block 22' — were inadvertently included in preliminary assessed valuations, then removed before final…
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