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Jones County board approves homestead exemptions and routine assessment lists
Summary
The Jones County board approved a slate of routine assessment items — including homestead exemptions, ACO entries, motor-vehicle appeals and five CUVA/KUVA property items — all by voice vote after staff recommended approval.
The Jones County board of assessors approved a series of routine assessment items at its Aug. 6 meeting, including homestead exemptions, ACO entries for closed businesses and boats, the 2026 motor-vehicle appeals list, and five CUVA/KUVA property items. Staff recommended approval of each list and the board passed the motions by voice votes.
A staff member introduced the homestead exemption list and said, "We don't have any denials. You have the list in front of you. So we recommend to approve all these homestead exemptions." Committee member (S2) moved to approve the list "as presented today," the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Similar procedure followed for the ACO list — which staff described as mostly boats or closed businesses verified against DNR records — and for the motor-vehicle appeals and the five CUVA/KUVA property items.
The votes were conducted by voice; no roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript. The meeting record shows the board treated these items as routine approvals and advanced each list without further discussion.
