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Friday, December 05, 2008
HAMILTON — Butler County Commissioner Donald Dixon said Thursday, Dec. 4, that he and the state tax office have reached an agreement on a property tax reappraisal he has called unfair.
The reappraisal, finished earlier this year, amounts to an average 5.95 percent increase in taxable property values county wide. Dixon and others balked at this, saying housing values across the county plummeted over the past year.
Last week, Dixon attempted to halt the reappraisal with a letter to Ohio Tax Commissioner Richard Levin, claiming the appraisal was never reviewed by the Butler County Board of Revision, as required by state law.
The board of revision consists of county Commission President Charles Furmon, Treasurer Nancy Nix and Auditor Roger Reynolds.
Levin responded with a Dec. 3 letter saying the final reappraisal still hasn't been approved, so the board of revision could still rule on it.
"Now the hurdle is how do we bring the board of revision together to look at each individual parcel that is in the evaluation process?" Dixon asked. "We're just five months behind where we ought to be."
This will allow the county to take 2008 values into account, Dixon said, bringing them in line with current market values.
Reynolds, who finished the reappraisal started by former Auditor Kay Rogers, said his hands were tied by state rules that didn't allow him to take 2008 sales into account.
Comments
By Billie
December 5, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
Taxes are voted upon by the people in each taxing district. The taxes paid by homeowners in each district are adjusted by a rate given to the county auditor by the Ohio Dept. of Tax Equalization to allow each levy to collect the amount it was voted to collect when it was first passed. Taxes will not necessarily go down if property values as a whole decrease. The property owner will only lose their equity.
By jonas
December 5, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
Move to another county. Of course it would be no different. We don’t need you.If you would read why this happened you would understand. The state tries to control everything. Not good, but fact.
By D J
December 5, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
Well when I got my appraisal , I called , made an Appt.went down there with all the info they told me to bring and mine was lowered !! I took pictures and got on the computer and saw the values in my area and boom…thats all it took….wasn’t lowered much but it wasn’t raised… I live in Poastown Heights…
By Janet
December 5, 2008 2:58 AM | Link to this
he said he would lower the taxes not raise them . lets think about the people who is having trouble with jobs cuting. lets think about the 1920’s . the town looks like a ghost town now. If people can’t pay taxes all the homes will boaded up and it will be a ghost town and there will be no money comming in . the school’s will close so will the stores what’s left. think and vote no don’t give in to him.
By Janet
December 5, 2008 2:51 AM | Link to this
I think we need to get rid of him because he lied to the people he said he was going to lower taxes not raise them. people need lower taxes now. its going to be hard for any body to live this time. when stores are closing and factorys are cuting back wake up. and help the people who put you in office. not your belfold stand up to this guy. and say no. cut the taxes so people can have a home to live in. we are going in a depresion . I guess you want every body to leave and be a ghost town.
By Darrell Terrell
December 5, 2008 1:57 AM | Link to this
If I remember correctly, Auditor Reynolds promised to lower the appraisals for the county next year. Is this going to be another ‘broken promise’…..did he tell us he was going to do something that he could not do? And is Mr. Dixon being a good old buddy and trying to run ‘interference’ for him? Sounds to me like the same old ‘stuff’ we hear all the time in Butler county.