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Marquette County board sets 2026 equalized value at $5.48 billion
Summary
The Board of Commissioners established the county equalization valuations for 2026 at $5,482,787,988, a total combining $5,091,076,558 in real property and $391,711,430 in personal property; the motion passed unanimously 5-0.
Marquette County's Board of Commissioners on April 14 adopted the 2026 county equalization valuations, a necessary step for preparing property tax assessments and state reporting.
Nicole Merlo, the county Equalization Director, presented the 2026 Equalization Report covering 19 townships and three cities and recommended a county equalized value of $5,482,787,988. Merlo told the board the total includes $5,091,076,558 in real property and $391,711,430 in personal property.
Commissioner Nordeen moved to establish the Equalization Valuations per form L-4024. The motion passed on a roll-call vote, with all five commissioners present recorded as voting aye. The record notes Commissioner Benzie was absent and excused.
Establishing the equalized value is a routine, statutory-adjacent step that sets the base figures for tax rate calculations and state reporting; the board did not record any substantive amendments to the numbers during the meeting.
The vote was recorded as an action under agenda item 10a; no further board direction or contested amendments were recorded on the record.
