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Officials say townwide reevaluations require property inspections and can be costly
Summary
An agency official described the reevaluation process — inspectors visiting every property to document undocumented improvements or removed features — and said Montgomery could face "probably a couple of million dollar increased expense" the year the evaluation takes effect; the official noted those costs are borne by taxpayers.
When asked how Montgomery's reevaluation is carried out, an agency official explained the practical steps: within the course of a year all properties in the town must be reviewed, inspectors look for undocumented improvements or removed features (for example, a filled swimming pool), and a team is sent to inspect every property.
"And so we sent out a team of inspectors to actually look at every single property in town," the agency official said, adding that "that is very, very expensive" and that the cost is passed to taxpayers. The official said Montgomery is currently bearing high inspection costs as part of its reevaluation.
The official also warned that while Montgomery may currently be aligned with Hillsborough, a reevaluation could shift assessments and impose a substantial one-time expense: "They'll have, probably a couple of million dollar increased expense in the year that the, evaluation goes effective," the official said. The meeting did not include a detailed cost breakdown or a precise final figure; the dollar amount was described in approximate terms during the discussion.
The meeting recorded no formal vote on funding or an explicit timetable for when any cost would be levied against taxpayers.
