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Board hears ordinance to add newly completed construction to tax rolls sooner
Summary
Supervisors opened a hearing on an ordinance to allow counties to assess and prorate taxes on new construction as soon as it is finished, replacing a previous delay that postponed taxation until later in the year; no public speakers sought to comment.
The board opened a public hearing on a proposed ordinance to change how newly completed construction is assessed for property tax purposes. The chair said the county previously relied on an annual appraisal firm to add new construction to tax rolls months after completion; the new ordinance would let staff (working with county assessor staff) place prorated values on finished buildings as soon as they are complete.
"So now when a new construction is gonna be finished, working with Nick Bowles and Christie, they'll put a value on it, and it can go on a tax roll prorated as soon as it's finished," the chair said. Under the prior practice, properties completed early in the year were sometimes not taxed until the following tax cycle. The hearing had no registered public speakers and the board closed the hearing by motion.
The change is intended to align tax receipts with the period when properties begin using county services; the board did not vote to adopt the ordinance at the meeting and asked staff to prepare final ordinance language and fiscal implications for a future meeting.
