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Assessors warn rapid PID activity is straining county recorders and complicating assessment
Summary
Foothill County assessor Joy Peters told the commission that Grantsville's expansion of public-improvement districts (PIDs) is inundating county recorders, complicating identification of parcels, taxing-area assignment and valuation, and asked the commission to raise the issue with the legislature.
Joy Peters, Foothill County assessor, reported that Grantsville’s recent wave of public improvement district filings has overwhelmed her county recorder’s office and created difficulty for assessors in identifying, mapping and assigning taxing areas to new PID parcels. “Foothill County is inundated with the PIDs that Grantsville has incorporated,” Peters said, adding that the recorder’s office has had to hire additional staff to handle the recording workload.
Peters asked the commission to escalate the problem to the legislature to consider clearer rules or timelines that would slow rapid PID activity until counties can process and assess the new records. Commissioners acknowledged the problem and encouraged assessors to document the operational burdens so the legislature and other stakeholders can evaluate potential fixes.
