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Morehouse supervisor says 2023 assessor error will require taxpayers to repay missed assessments
Summary
Supervisor Anthony Fernandez told the Morehouse Town Board that a 2023 error by the County Assessor duplicated state property assessments, which reduced taxes last year; the assessor has corrected the error and property owners will be notified when exact repayment amounts are known.
Supervisor Anthony Fernandez told the Morehouse Town Board on Oct. 23, 2024, that the County Assessor informed the town an error in 2023 duplicated a state property assessment entry and reduced taxes for property owners that year. Fernandez said the mistake "has to be paid back by the property owners" and that the assessor will send letters to affected property owners once amounts are determined.
The board did not record dollar amounts or examples in the public minutes. Board members discussed the 2025 budget later in the meeting, but the transcript does not include a staff estimate of how many taxpayers or how large the repayments will be. The statement in the record attributed the information to the County Assessor as conveyed to Supervisor Fernandez; no county assessor representative was recorded speaking at the meeting.
