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Hampton County schedules special meeting after concerns about $720,000 reassessment proposal
Summary
Council delayed approval of a three-year Precision Mass Appraisal Services contract (presented as a $720,000 program with $144,000 requested this fiscal year), asked for comparative procurement documentation and voted to hold a special call meeting within 72 hours to decide.
County staff presented a three-year reassessment proposal from Precision Mass Appraisal Services and the council agreed to meet again on short notice to resolve outstanding procurement and cost questions.
A county presenter reviewed the proposal as a multi-year program that includes 100% exterior inspections, high-resolution photographic documentation, permit reconciliation, direct parcel data entry, QA/QC, weekly production reports, two town-hall meetings and staff training. The presenter described the contract's budget schedule as an initial $144,000 this fiscal year, $192,000 the next fiscal year and $144,000 in fiscal year 2028; materials in the packet described a total multi-year figure in the same range (presented in the meeting as a three-year program totaling roughly $720,000).
Several council members voiced concern about the cost and asked for evidence that procurement requirements and comparisons had been followed. One council member said they wanted time to "study this" and requested a copy of the RFP and the procurement process that led to the recommended vendor. The presenter said the vendor model is a statewide group of assessors that helps rural counties temporarily and urged the council to start the work earlier rather than later because of staffing shortages in assessor offices statewide.
Because of the budgetary and procurement questions, a council motion was made to convene a special called meeting within 72 hours for the council to decide on the reassessment contract; the motion passed by voice vote. No final contract award was recorded that evening.
The council requested that staff provide the RFP, a vendor-comparison or procurement history and the funding schedule before the special meeting. The special call meeting is the next procedural step; the contract remained undecided on March 16.
