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Clallam County commissioners approve hearing examiners’ recommendations on multiple property assessment petitions
Summary
At a special Clallam County Board of Commissioners meeting March 11, 2026, the board reviewed petitions forwarded by Board of Equalization hearing examiners and approved examiners’ recommendations in a series of motions, sustaining or adjusting assessed values for multiple properties; there were no public comments.
A special meeting of the Clallam County Board of Commissioners, sitting as the Board of Equalization, on March 11, 2026, approved a series of board orders forwarded by Board of Equalization hearing examiners that sustained or revised assessed values for a dozen property petitions.
Chair Commissioner Mike French opened the meeting and said the board intended to "go through each petition one by one, hear the facts, hear the recommendation from our Board of Equalization hearing examiners, make a final determination, and then make a motion on each." Lonnie, the clerk, read each petition file and the examiners’ recommendations aloud before the commissioners deliberated briefly and voted by voice on each order.
Why it matters: the board’s decisions finalize values that determine property tax assessments for the listed parcels and establish the official administrative disposition of appeals heard by examiners. Commissioners cited site visits, comparable sales timeframes, and classification options (for example, open-space classification for unique parcels) while explaining why they accepted examiners’ findings.
Commissioner Mark Hosias, when discussing one case, said he was "glad they went and visited the property" and that the site visit had helped justify an adjusted value. Commissioner French described the process as evidence that "the process can help provide more evidence that can actually result in a better true and fair value determination."
Most motions were straightforward: the board sustained or accepted the examiners’ determinations for property owners including K8 Properties LLC (petition 2025-180, property ID 72149, sustained at $286,512), John and Carmen O’Brien (2025-182, adjusted to $764,108), John Fleming (2025-183 at $78,400; 2025-184 at $87,353; 2025-185 at $117,600), Russell and Susan Purvis (2025-187, sustained at $557,872), Daniel and Brenda Bigger (2025-190, sustained at $884,315), CC West Alder MHC LLC (2025-192, sustained at $4,253,775), CC Lavender Meadows MHC LLC (2025-193, sustained at $16,274,998 as recorded in the examiner notes), William and Dorothy Shepherd (2025-203, revised to $789,565), and Kenneth Bauer (2025-43 sustained at $325,228; 2025-44 sustained at $640,457). Each motion passed by voice vote.
Several commissioners noted specific factual or procedural points: some assessments were adjusted after assessor office field measurements were corrected; others reflected discounts for unleased pads or factors tied to unique development status. Commissioners also noted that novel legal questions were more appropriate for the Board of Tax Appeals rather than the county’s administrative hearing process.
Votes at a glance: K8 Properties LLC — 2025-180 (ID 72149): sustained at $286,512 — approved by voice vote. John and Carmen O’Brien — 2025-182 (ID 13338): adjusted to $764,108 — approved by voice vote. John Fleming — 2025-183 (ID 70211): sustained at $78,400 — approved by voice vote. John Fleming — 2025-184 (ID 70218): revised to $87,353 — approved by voice vote. John Fleming — 2025-185 (ID 70216): revised to $117,600 — approved by voice vote. Russell and Susan Purvis — 2025-187 (ID 65460): sustained at $557,872 — approved by voice vote. Daniel and Brenda Bigger — 2025-190 (ID 19520): sustained at $884,315 — approved by voice vote. CC West Alder MHC LLC — 2025-192 (ID 21848): sustained at $4,253,775 — approved by voice vote. CC Lavender Meadows MHC LLC — 2025-193 (ID 86502): sustained at $16,274,998 (examiner record) — approved by voice vote. William and Dorothy Shepherd — 2025-203 (ID 13303): revised to $789,565 — approved by voice vote. Kenneth Bauer — 2025-43 (ID 8467): sustained at $325,228 — approved by voice vote. Kenneth Bauer — 2025-44 (ID 8508): sustained at $640,457 — approved by voice vote.
The board recorded that there were no members of the public present to comment and confirmed that minutes would be placed on the Board of County Commissioners agenda for approval at the next regular meeting. The meeting was then adjourned.
What the record does not show: the transcript records the board’s voice approvals but does not include a roll-call vote with named individual votes on each motion; where the transcript records only voice "ayes," the article reports the outcome without assigning individual yes/no votes beyond the board’s recorded approval.
Next steps: the board’s orders, as approved, finalize the administrative dispositions for the listed petitions; parties with unresolved legal questions were pointed toward the Board of Tax Appeals.
