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Clark County board authorizes assessment freezes for seniors and disabled veterans
Summary
On April 8, 2025 the Clark County Board of Equalization unanimously approved motions allowing the director to freeze property assessment values for senior citizens under SDCL 10-6A-2 and for disabled veterans under SDCL 10-4-40; the board recorded 21 prior senior applicants and four new senior applicants, and ten veteran applicants benefiting (one paraplegic).
On April 8, 2025 the Clark County Board of Equalization voted to allow the director of equalization to freeze assessment values for senior citizens and for disabled veterans under state law.
The board approved the senior freeze under SDCL 10-6A-2 on a motion by Sara Gjerde, seconded by Francis Hass; Treasurer Reis told the board that 21 prior applicants and four new applicants benefited from the tax freeze. The vote was recorded as "all voting aye." The board later approved a separate motion by Gjerde, seconded by Chris Sass, to authorize freezes for disabled veterans under SDCL 10-4-40; the minutes note that ten applicants benefited from the veteran tax freeze and that one veteran benefited from the paraplegic veteran provision. Both motions carried unanimously.
The actions authorize the director of equalization (identified in the minutes as Reidburn) to apply the statutory freezes; the minutes do not specify individual property parcels for these freezes. These freezes reduce assessed value for qualifying owners under the cited state statutes, which can lower property tax liabilities for qualifying seniors and veterans. The board took the votes at the start of its April 8 meeting and adjourned at 8:37 a.m. to its next scheduled meeting on April 15, 2025.
Meeting documents list the motions and statutory citations in the official minutes; no public testimony was recorded on these items in the minutes.
