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Quay County adopts 2025 tax-rate order and raises appraiser certification pay
Summary
The board adopted Resolution No.10 imposing 2025 tax rates as issued by the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration and approved Resolution No.11 to increase appraiser certification compensation with specified cumulative incentives to be paid from the reappraisal fund.
Jefferson Byrd, Quay County Assessor, asked the board to adopt the Department of Finance and Administration's certified 2025 property-tax rates (Resolution No.10) and to approve Resolution No.11 updating appraiser certification compensation.
The commission approved Resolution No.10 imposing the 2025 tax rates on net taxable property values per DFA's certificate. The board also approved Resolution No.11, which sets cumulative incentive pay for certified assessor appraisers. The resolution text in the packet specifies "an additional $750.00 a year for holding an 'Appraiser 1' certificate, an additional $1,750.00 a year for holding an 'Appraiser 2' certificate, an additional $3,000.00 year for holding an 'Appraiser 3' certificate, and an additional $3,500.00 ... for holding an 'New Mexico Certified Appraiser' certificate," to be paid from the assessor's reappraisal fund and implemented for employees who hold the certificates prior to June 30.
Why this matters: The tax-rate order is a routine annual action required by state law to impose mills on taxable values. The compensation resolution affects assessor office staff pay and ties incentives to professional certification.
