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Wood River mayor urges Hall County to recover missed tax revenue after annexations weren't added to assessor rolls
Summary
Greg Kramer, mayor of Wood River, told the Hall County Board the city discovered multiple annexations since 2016 that were not entered onto county tax rolls; county staff said corrections have been made where permitted under state law and the board authorized signatures on tax-correction notices.
Greg Kramer, mayor of Wood River, told the Hall County Board of Commissioners that the city found several annexations recorded in the register of deeds that were never placed into the county assessor’s tax districts, leaving the city without years of expected property-tax revenue.
"When I put these subdivisions in, we filed our ordinances," Kramer said. He said his review identified annexations dating back to 2016 and produced a rough estimate of missing city revenue “around $136,636” as of 2024, calculated using local tax-rate assumptions.
County staff asked Christie (first name recorded in the transcript as Christie) to respond. Christie said the register of deeds historically did not forward annexation filings to the assessor’s office; that error has been corrected and the assessor’s office has processed retroactive tax corrections where state law allows. "We went back as many years as we needed to to correct that," Christie said, adding that the office has set up checks to ensure new subdivisions are entered in the correct taxing districts going forward.
Commissioners and Kramer discussed statutory limits on retroactive corrections. Staff cited state statute guidance limiting recoverable corrections to a three-year window in typical cases; the board and Kramer asked staff for a clearer calculation of recoverable revenue within that statutory window.
Separately, the board approved a motion authorizing the chair to sign tax-correction notices 878–880. The motion passed on a roll-call vote with seven yes votes.
The board directed staff to follow up with the city and the register of deeds to confirm which parcels were corrected, to provide a calculation of estimated recoverable revenue within the statutory timeframe, and to return with any outstanding documentation the city needs for its records.
Next steps: staff will provide the requested summary of corrections and a three‑year estimate to the board and the City of Wood River.
