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Buffalo County Board of Equalization approves multiple permissive property tax exemptions

Buffalo County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026
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Summary

During a Board of Equalization session on Feb. 25, the Board approved permissive exemptions for educational, religious, charitable, personal property and nursing facility parcels; one vehicle tax exemption review for a Catholic high school was deferred to March 11.

The Buffalo County Board of Equalization approved a slate of permissive property tax exemptions at its Feb. 25 meeting after County Assessor Roy Meusch presented recommendations.

Actions approved include exemptions for multiple University of Nebraska Board of Regents parcels, religious congregations (including Faith United Church and St. James Church of Kearney), charitable organizations (including Bryan Hospital Kearney and Kearney Community Sustainable Housing), personal property exemptions for Faith Christians School and a classic car collection, and a list of nursing facility parcels (Kinship Poine Kearney Northridge; Mel - Wel Investors LLC; Seneca Sunrise LLC parcels). The minutes record motions and roll-call "Aye" votes for each list. One item—a vehicle tax exemption renewal for the Catholic High School of Kearney (a 2022 Ford Expedition Max XLT 4x4)—was deferred to the March 11, 2025 meeting because County Treasurer Brenda Rohrich was not present for the reading.

The minutes show one recorded abstention: on a vote approving an educational exemption list the record notes an abstention by Commissioner Ronald Loeffelholz; other votes on the listed exemption groups were recorded as unanimous "Aye." County Assessor Roy Meusch presented the applications and recommendations to the Board.