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Putnam County assessors approve homestead changes, authorize notices and penalty waivers
Summary
At their April 14 meeting the Putnam County Board of Tax Assessors approved 160 homestead applications, denied and removed several exemptions, authorized mailings for four mobile-home appeals and two marine personal-property notices, and waived late-filing penalties caused by a printing limit on vessel returns.
The Putnam County Board of Tax Assessors approved multiple homestead applications and exemption removals, authorized mailing of mobile-home and marine personal-property notices, and waived late-filing penalties during its April 14, 2026 regular meeting.
Chairman Shelby Storey called the meeting to order at 3:07 p.m. After confirming a quorum, the board approved minutes from its March 10 and March 24 meetings.
The board reviewed four pre-bill mobile-home appeals (accounts 3630, 3631, 10783 and 1331). Chief Appraiser Chuck Anglin told the board that two accounts (3630 and 3631) will receive changes in assessed value and will be issued 30-day notices; the other two (10783 and 1331) will receive no change and will likewise be issued 30-day notices. Evan Reese moved to approve mailing the notices; the motion was seconded by Virginia Daley and carried unanimously.
On homestead matters, the board approved a list of 160 homestead applications (motion by Virginia Daley, seconded by Shona Bales). It also voted to deny a separate list of 31 applications (motion by Evan Reese, seconded by Virginia Daley). The board reviewed lists of homesteaded properties for exemption removal: it voted to remove exemptions from a group of 31 parcels (retaining parcel 057D-051 and tabling parcel E007-109), and removed exemptions from six additional properties after owners did not respond to letters about properties placed in trusts. The board considered correspondence from property owners on three parcels (112B-035, 072-020 and 057D-051) and voted to remove exemptions for 112B-035 (owner not residing in the home) and 072-020 (property held by an LLC as of Jan. 1, 2026) while retaining the exemption for 057D-051. All motions on homestead matters carried unanimously.
The board approved CUVA and FLPA items carried over from the March 24 consent agenda (54 CUVA and 5 FLPA parcels). It approved 25 new CUVA applications except parcels 089D-015, 109-034 and 109-035 (denied for lack of qualifying agricultural use), approved 39 CUVA continuation applications for new owners, and approved nine new FLPA applications.
Chief Anglin presented two marine personal-property notices (accounts 64384 and 77909) for mailing—a 30-day notice and a 45-day notice for the 2025 digest—and asked the board to waive penalties for four personal-property accounts (68992, 70064, 74433 and 68927). Anglin told the board the late-filing issue stemmed from a printing limitation on marine personal-property tax forms that prevents listing more than 35 vessels on a single form. The board approved mailing the notices and unanimously approved the requested penalty waivers.
Anglin requested a special-called meeting to finalize notice mailings; the board agreed to meet on April 21, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. The board set its next regular meeting for May 12, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. With no further business, the board adjourned at 4:07 p.m.
Actions recorded in the minutes were carried by unanimous vote of the members present (Shelby Storey, Shona Bales, Virginia Daley and Evan Reese).
