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Commissioners hear explanation of sudden property-assessment increases from county staffer Mike
Summary
Johnson County commissioners heard a detailed explanation about recent sharp property-assessment increases. County staffer Mike said updates to state cost tables, new construction and clustered higher sales can drive large revaluations; commissioners said they will relay concerns to the state.
Johnson County commissioners on May 11 heard an extended explanation from a county staff member identified only as Mike about why some property valuations surged this year.
Mike told the panel that multiple factors can produce abrupt increases, including new construction, concentrated higher-price sales in a neighborhood and periodic updates to state cost tables. "The state releases every so many years new cost tables," he said. "The longer that they go in between releasing those tables, the greater the…
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