Assessor says reappraisal will affect levy; office cites $2.6M recovered annually from audits
Assessor Burgess and his chief administrator told commissioners the 2025 reappraisal will materially affect assessed values and that contracted audits of tangible personal property have returned roughly $2.6 million in recoveries in prior years; commissioners sought precise projections.
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Assessor Melvin Burgess told the budget subcommittee the upcoming 2025 reappraisal will change assessed values countywide and noted the assessor's appropriation is a small fraction of the levy it helps produce. Burgess emphasized the office's leverage: "The assessor's physical impact on the county's overall tax levy is approximately 1%. That is a 99% return on the physical investment," he said.
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