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Council asks treasurer and assessor to detail tax-exempt properties and pilot-program options
Summary
Councilors asked the treasurer's and assessor's offices for a list of tax-exempt properties, assessed values and potential pilot-program contributions; Sherry said she will complete a list for late September and notify noncompliant entities by early November, and the committee tabled the item for 90 days.
Council President Naomi Carney requested a treasurer’s-office report identifying tax-exempt properties, including churches, their assessed value, active or vacant status, and years vacant where applicable. The motion asked the treasurer’s office to provide the list so councilors could evaluate possible pilot-program contributions in lieu of taxes.
Sherry, from the assessor’s office, said her office is conducting a file review and that she expects to complete a list by the end of September and give noncompliant entities 30 days to provide required state forms. "We have 116 in house that are supposed to be supplying us with state regulated forms," Sherry said, and she said she would flip exemptions to taxable if entities did not comply by early November. Finance staff noted the assessed value of exempt properties is large: "Last year, 2025, we had over $2,000,000,000... that's the assessed value of 1,555 exempt properties," Bob said, noting many are city-owned and therefore not collectible.
Councilors asked that the returned list include a column showing which properties already participate in the pilot program and an estimate of what taxes would be at the FY25 rate. The committee agreed to table the item for 90 days to allow staff to assemble the requested data.
