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Paulding County Board of Assessors posts Jan. 7 agenda covering budget, certifications and exemptions
Summary
The Paulding County Board of Assessors' Jan. 7, 2026 agenda included officer elections, a budget update, certification of millage rates, four Freeport exemption referendums for the City of Hiram, Tax Commissioner digest adoption items, hearing‑officer and Superior Court items, motor vehicle appeals, and public‑notice matters; the agenda document does not record votes or final outcomes.
At its Jan. 7 meeting in Dallas, the Paulding County Board of Assessors considered a slate of procedural and administrative items affecting property assessments, exemptions and appeals.
The agenda listed the election of officers (item text: "Election of Officers for 2025") for the positions of chairman, vice‑chairman, chief appraiser and board secretary; it also noted a request to adopt Robert’s Rules of Order as the meeting conduct standard. The agenda records receipt of a Certificate of Appointment for Vice‑Chairman Ben Amerson from the Georgia Department of Revenue covering Jan. 1, 2026–Dec. 31, 2028, and notes that Chief Appraiser Stokes completed 14 hours of continuing education and renewed a Georgia residential appraiser classification.
Operational items included a 2026 budget update, results of a digital measuring device test, and certification of mileage (millage) rates with separate lines for the county and several municipalities, including the City of Dallas, City of Hiram, City of Braswell and Dallas TAD #1.
The agenda also set out Freeport Exemption referendum language for the City of Hiram (Referendums A–D), with each referendum defining a different class of inventory and fulfillment‑center stock that could qualify for Freeport treatment under the listed descriptions.
State items from the Georgia Department of Revenue were included: the 2026 Social Security maximum for homestead properties and a 2026 homestead exemption for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. The board was asked to consider adopting the Tax Commissioner’s digest calculations for motor vehicles, timber and heavy equipment.
Appeals and legal items listed specific accounts and parties: several appeals with no settlement (including accounts tied to 2018 3 IH Borrower LP and Paulding Skating Center, Inc.), appeals continuing to Superior Court after nonpayment (e.g., Haberer Logistics, LLC; Ronald Holmes; Phillip Martin; Peter Nugent; Julia Ogala), and accounts listed for a Superior Court settlement conference resolution (McNeel Building System; McNeel Builders, Inc.; McNeel Sterling H. & Steven F.; Pontoon Properties; Patrick Derosa; 2018 3 IH Borrower LP). The agenda separately lists motor vehicle appeals for Richard Dunn, Carlos Lopez and Camille Roper.
Other items on the agenda included an early‑out request related to a conservation‑use covenant (with a covenant‑release packet noted), 2025 public utility notices, various public notices (property inspections; homestead exemptions; real property tax returns; Freeport exemptions; personal property reporting forms) and E&R / Notices of Determination.
The agenda document provided the board’s topics and supporting packet items but did not include motions, votes or formal outcomes in the provided text; any final actions or votes would be recorded in meeting minutes or subsequent records.
