Commissioners uphold county's assessed value for Trip property after appeal

The Greene County Board of Commissioners on June 15 upheld the county's assessed value of $66,360 for parcel 0824400 after a property-value appeal by Mark and Lisa Trip.

Miss Wiggins presented the appeal record, telling commissioners the assessed total under appeal was $66,360, with $30,700 attributable to the lot and $35,660 to a 30-by-40-foot garage. She said the owners estimated fair market value at $50,700 and provided materials receipts for the garage totaling $15,653 but did not provide labor costs. "Using an average of the two labor costs plus Mrs. Trip's materials receipts indicate a value of $33,353 for the garage itself," Wiggins said, adding that real property appraiser Tiffany Bridges had inspected the property and that the county's 2021 schedule of values had been applied.

Lisa Trip told the board her husband performed the labor so their documentation showed materials only and that, in their view, the garage's fair value was "maybe 20 to 25,000, but not 35,000."

Commissioners discussed the matter and emphasized that the county must apply the adopted schedule of values consistently; one commissioner noted that adding labor costs is part of the schedule's application even when owners perform work themselves. The board voted to uphold the assessor's valuation and carry the motion.

Outcome and what it means: the county will keep the current assessed value for tax purposes; the owners may seek other statutory remedies outside the meeting record, but the board did not change the assessment at this session.