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Liberty County Board of Assessors approves consent agenda, accepts staff recommendations and hears chief appraiser report
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting in Hinesville, the Liberty County Board of Assessors approved its consent agenda and a series of staff recommendations affecting homestead lists and valuation changes, heard a chief appraiser report with staffing and sales statistics, and announced two upcoming retirements.
The Liberty County Board of Assessors met Feb. 10, 2026, in Hinesville and approved its consent agenda along with multiple departmental recommendations affecting homestead lists, valuation changes and mapping updates.
Board Chair R. Lee Steele opened the meeting, certified compliance with the Georgia Open Meetings Act and led a moment of silence and prayer. The board unanimously approved the Jan. 21, 2026 meeting minutes on a motion by Lloyd C. Byrd and a second from Kevin Remillard; Susan Ammons was recorded as absent on the meeting attendance list.
The board accepted a sequence of staff recommendations presented by appraisal and administrative staff. Marty Martin's E&R/Notice of Decision recommendations were approved after a motion by David N. Smiley Jr. and a second by Lloyd Byrd. The board likewise approved Sierra Shipman's 2026 homestead list, solid-waste and homestead-removal recommendations via the consent agenda. Personal property change recommendations from Cheryl Reed and commercial valuation recommendations from Kenneth Drebelbis were each approved after motions and seconds from board members. Zone appraisers (Donny Pearis, Nathaniel Golden Jr., Melissa Holtz, Brandi Sikes and Zachary Mudd) presented valuation and mapping items; the board approved each set of recommendations.
Mr. Quixote McCullough presented the preliminary 2026 commercial ratio study; the board moved to accept his recommendations and approved the study. The meeting record notes that the scheduled executive session for legal matters was cancelled because legal counsel was not present.
Chief Appraiser Keith Payne reported operational metrics and staffing updates. He introduced new administrative employee Kat Schrum, who began Feb. 2. The office served 256 customers in January; the Commercial and Personal Property Department served 38 customers in the same month. Payne reported preliminary commercial ratio-study metrics for 2026 as: median ratio 0.3729, coefficient of dispersion (COD) 0.1083 and price-related differential (PRD) 0.9690. Sales counts reported in the meeting record show 2,432 sales for 2025 and 133 sales recorded for 2026 to date. Payne announced the upcoming retirements of Andrea Brown-Lewis and Cheryl Reed, effective Feb. 13, and said a retirement celebration would be held Feb. 20.
The board briefly reviewed a mapping/GIS ownership correction involving parcel 057C-033 and discussed an earlier listing error for parcel 239B-001; no vote was taken on that specific item. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, which carried, and the board set its next meeting for March 10, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Votes at a glance: all recorded motions at the Feb. 10 meeting were carried; the attendance record lists R. Lee Steele, Lloyd C. Byrd, David N. Smiley Jr. and Kevin Remillard as voting in favor of motions where tallies were recorded and Susan Ammons as absent. Specific mover/second information is recorded in meeting minutes for each item.
