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Value Adjustment Board adopts formal local procedure for deferral requests, extends response window to 15 days

Value Adjustment Board · February 12, 2026
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The Value Adjustment Board voted Feb. 12 to adopt a formal local procedure for deferral (request-for-reconsideration) petitions, aligning timeframes with other counties and giving staff limited administrative discretion; the board also approved 36 recommended decisions (34 denials, 2 approvals).

The Jacksonville Value Adjustment Board on Feb. 12 adopted a formal local procedure for deferral requests, changing the filing-and-response window from 10 days to 15 days and formalizing existing practice used informally in prior cycles.

The change was proposed by VAB counsel Aaron Thalwitzer in a memorandum circulated Feb. 6. Thalwitzer said the draft mirrors procedures used by other Florida VABs and “give[s] both sides equal opportunities, and they leave the ultimate discretion in the board,” while adding an administrative-discretion provision to manage late-cycle filings.

Thalwitzer told the board the procedures are…

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