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Budget committee backs amendment to Ordinance 6,011 to expand Board of Equalization authority and change pay rules
Summary
The Jackson County Budget Committee voted to recommend Ordinance 6,011 — with an adopted amendment that raises BOE compensation for months with heavy hearing loads, codifies authority to perform mass corrections, and tightens evidence-upload rules — sending the ordinance to the full legislature.
The Jackson County Budget Committee voted to recommend Ordinance 6,011 to the full legislature after adopting an amendment that changes how the county's Board of Equalization (BOE) is paid, clarifies its authority to issue broad equalization orders and adjusts evidence-handling requirements.
The amendment, presented by a committee lawmaker, would pay BOE members $5,000 in any month during which the BOE conducts more than 25 hearings (a hearing is defined in the amendment as a three‑hour segment); the change replaces a calendar‑month based expectation that had previously guided pay. "Any month where the board conducts more than 25 hearings, and a hearing is defined as a 3…
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