NC govwatch

← All meetings

Board of Equalization and Review

Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Regular meeting Tax rate and revaluation

What's on this agenda

Orange County's Board of Equalization and Review is scheduled to hear three property tax value appeals: a commercial appeal from Industrial Connections and Solutions LLC over 6801 Industrial Drive, and two individual appeals over a retail unit on W. Main Street and a house on Mary Street.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board did not hear the Industrial Connections and Solutions LLC appeal for 6801 Industrial Drive; the minutes record no hearing on it.

Two individual property appeals went forward. The board voted 2-1 to leave a retail unit's assessed value at $550,800, unchanged from the county's valuation, and voted unanimously to reduce a house's assessed value from $419,400 to $322,800 after finding it in poor condition. Combined, the two heard appeals' assessed values fell from $970,200 to $873,600.

How the votes went

The board voted 2-1, with Saru Salvi dissenting, to leave one property's assessment unchanged. It voted unanimously to reduce the other.

From the published minutes.

Speaking at this meeting

Orange County's own rules for public comment — check them before you rely on anything here.

Agenda items (3)

Other · 3
  1. 1 Industrial Connections and Solutions LLC - 6801 Industrial Drive
    A value appeal was listed on the agenda for 6801 Industrial Drive, but the meeting minutes record no hearing on it.
    • 6801 Industrial Dr · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9834088521 · Industrial Connections & Solutions LLC · assessed $35,935,300
  2. 2 Thomas L. Watts - 501 W. Main Street, Unit A
    The owner of a 3,074-square-foot retail unit on W. Main Street appealed its $550,800 assessed value, arguing the land value was inequitable next to nearby retail properties. The county found the overall valuation accurate despite the land question, and the board voted 2-1 to leave the assessment unchanged.
    No change in value ($550,800), approved 2-1
    • 501 W Main St · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9778666947 · Watts Thomas L · assessed $550,800
  3. 3 Thomas L. Watts - 105 Mary Street
    The owner of a house on Mary Street appealed its $419,400 assessed value, citing its poor condition and lower values on nearby lots. The county's appraiser recommended additional depreciation for the unlivable condition, and the board voted unanimously to reduce the assessment to $322,800.
    Value reduced to $322,800, approved unanimously
    • 105 Mary St · no matching parcel on file
    • Pin 9778297365 · Watts Thomas L · assessed $322,800

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

Other recent meetings of this board