Gage County Board of Equalization approves 2024 change list, affirms withdrawn and no‑change lists

The Gage County Board of Equalization on July 10 approved its 2024 assessment change list after reading a long slate of parcels and taking several procedural votes.

Clerk and staff read the change list into the record, which included Joseph R. Cooper Jr.’s parcel listed at $277,870. Darryl Stannard, the county appraiser on site, said he recommended the lower figure “based upon some structural problems and some concrete settling” observed at the property. Cooper said he found the assessor’s earlier 28% increase “a little steep.”

Dorn moved to approve the change list as read; Swavely seconded. The board recorded five in favor and the motion carried. The board then read and approved a withdrawn list (motion by Dorn, second by Swavely; five in favor) and a no‑change list (moved by Dorn, second by Swavely; five in favor).

Why it matters: approval of the change list updates assessment rolls that underlie property tax calculations for affected parcels; small numeric changes in assessed value can affect tax bills for property owners and levy calculations for taxing entities.

The board’s votes were procedural approvals of the clerk’s readings and did not themselves contain expanded findings beyond the evidence and appraisals presented at the hearing. The meeting record shows the board chose to vote on the change items as a batch rather than taking each contested parcel individually.

What’s next: a separate parcel that generated extended debate (Casey Lenters, parcel 001612000) was removed from today’s change list and rescheduled for a July 24 hearing to allow the owner an opportunity to respond to the differing appraisals.