Sonya Ricker has worked for the people of Hamblen County for 25 years, and at Thursday69制片厂制作传媒檚 Hamblen County Commission she was recognized with a certificate of appreciation
Ricker, who works in the Hamblen County Soil Conservation District office, received the certificate from Commission Chair Bobby Haun and county officials praised her service.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 serve on the Soil Conservation Board and we couldn69制片厂制作传媒檛 do (our work) without her,69制片厂制作传媒 Commissioner Rodney Long said.
After the presentation the Commission got to work on the rest of the meeting.
Commissioner Dannie Bell took a moment to thank the deputies and other law enforcement officers who are assigned to courthouse security; a deputy, unfamiliar with all of the commissioners, was noted at the prior committees meeting to have stopped and checked some people as they entered the courthouse earlier in February.
69制片厂制作传媒淭he security we have is for our protection,69制片厂制作传媒 Bell said. 69制片厂制作传媒淧ersonally, I was stopped myself, and I thanked him for being responsive.69制片厂制作传媒
The commission passed a resolution approving the two-year lease of modular classrooms at Meadowview Middle School as the school is renovated to enclose open classrooms to improve safety and learning environments.
Assessor of Property Keith Ely presented a five-year plan for a reassessment of Hamblen County property for the purpose of tax assessment.
69制片厂制作传媒淲e have roughly 34,000 parcels in this county, and we have to review a fourth of those (per year for the next four years,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e go out and lay hand on (those parcels) and look for additions to the property69制片厂制作传媒 if it69制片厂制作传媒檚 got anything added to it, or taken away from it, any changes at all 69制片厂制作传媒 that69制片厂制作传媒檚 what we look at.69制片厂制作传媒
The office said the plan helps organize the next round of assessment and keeps them accountable to the schedule and the Commission accountable to fund the plan.
Ely warned that people will not be expecting, or necessarily pleased, when they get their updated appraisal for their property.
69制片厂制作传媒淚t69制片厂制作传媒檚 going to be sticker shock when this reappraisal happens this year,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e69制片厂制作传媒檙e going to have the largest increase we69制片厂制作传媒檝e ever had in 2025.69制片厂制作传媒
Property appraisals are updated every 5 years and a 15 to 18 percent increase in value is normal.
Ely said he expects there to be around a 70% increase in value based on recent reappraisals that were performed in Jefferson County.
While property appraised values will be going up, state law prevents an increase in revenue based on the new figures; basically, property tax rates will automatically be cut for property owners so that the rate reflects what they have already been paying. It would take a Commission vote to then raise property taxes to see an increase.
69制片厂制作传媒淪eparation of the assessment function from the taxation function protects property owners from possible unfair treatment,69制片厂制作传媒 the Tennessee Comptroller office says on its website.
Ely will be presenting a more detailed presentation on the process in March.
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