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Box Butte County Board of Equalization hears property valuation protests; agenda approved
Summary
At an open meeting June 26, 2026, the Box Butte County Board of Equalization accepted its agenda and heard evidence and Form 422 property valuation protests from multiple residents; the board recessed midmorning and adjourned at noon.
The Box Butte County Board of Equalization met at 8:00 a.m. June 26, 2026, in the Commissioner Board Room of the Box Butte County Courthouse in Alliance to hear property valuation protests and conduct routine business. Chairperson Steve Burke presided; Commissioners Brett Ditsch and Mike Sautter were present.
Brett Ditsch moved to accept the agenda as printed; Mike Sautter seconded the motion, and the board approved it unanimously (Ditsch yes; Sautter yes; Burke yes). The board confirmed that notice of the property protest hearings was published June 10, 2026, in the Alliance Times Herald and that an affidavit of publication had been received in the county clerk’s office. The agenda had been emailed and posted on the county website on June 25, 2026.
Martie Burke, County Clerk, recorded the proceedings and administered the oath to the commissioners, County Assessor Michelle Robinson, and the property valuation protestors scheduled to appear. During the public comment period no members of the public offered remarks between 8:07 a.m. and 8:31 a.m.
Chairperson Steve Burke then read Form 422 property valuation protest entries and heard evidence from a first group of protestors and filings. Those listed in the record for the first group included Tim Kees; Richard Otto; Josephine Shelmadine; Jeffrey MacDonald; Misael Lopez; Renee Butler; Andrew Hickox; Jeane Warfield; and John Fletcher (two filings). The record also noted several named protestors who were not present when their filings were called, including Keisha Sanchez and John Brock.
The board recessed at 9:42 a.m. and reconvened at 10:08 a.m., with roll call confirming Commissioners Ditsch and Sautter and Chairperson Burke were present. Chairperson Burke continued reading Form 422 entries and received evidence from an additional group of protestors, including Michael Zander; William Heldenbrand; Donald Taylor Jr. (called); Patrick Huss; Brad Schrum; Brian and Heather Hauptman; and others. The minutes indicate several additional named filings where the protestor was noted as not present (for example, Vern Lubash; Troy Schnell; Vern Burton; Shawn and Stacey Grant; and Tracy Liming).
No formal valuation decisions or vote tallies on individual protests are recorded in the minutes; the record reflects that evidence was heard and protest forms were read. Chairperson Burke adjourned the Board of Equalization at 12:00 p.m.
Procedural details from the record: the meeting followed the Open Meetings Act notice posted on the north wall of the board room; the clerk’s office holds an affidavit of publication for the June 10 notice; and the board used Form 422 to record property valuation protests. The minutes include attestation and signature lines concluding the official record.
Next steps: the transcript and attested minutes document the hearings and filings; the record does not list final dispositions, dispositions by the assessor, or board rulings on the individual Form 422 protests.
