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Tax Assessment Work Group

Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
Friday, October 31, 2025

Other Tax rate and revaluation

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's newly formed Tax Assessment Work Group holds its first meeting: introductions, a review of ground rules, and a staff presentation on the countywide property revaluation and appeals process. The group has no votes or formal actions on this agenda.

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Meeting recap

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County Manager Travis Myren walked the group, made up of three county commissioners, staff, and community and housing-advocacy representatives, through the revaluation and appeals process. He said the county's budget assumes a 3% reduction in the tax base from successful value appeals, that appeals have doubled compared to last year, and that additional contractors have been hired to finish neighborhood reviews by mid-November and all appeals by year end.

Members pressed on how neighborhoods are defined and grouped for tax purposes and whether older neighborhoods outside Chapel Hill are getting the same attention as others; staff said neighborhood codes rarely change and that a GIS map on the county's tax site shows the boundaries. Commissioner Marilyn Carter asked that the county's equity analysis be re-run to check the effect of recent adjustments. Myren also described a request-for-proposal in progress for a consultant to review the county's assessment process, with a draft available at the next meeting. The group adjourned at 2:25 p.m. with a UNC School of Government and NC Department of Revenue presentation on reappraisal scheduled for November 14.

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Agenda items (2)

Discussion item · 1Presentation · 1
  1. 2 Review of Proposed Ground Rules
    Discussion item
    The co-chair reviewed proposed ground rules for the work group's operation; future meetings will add a virtual attendance option by member request.
  2. 3 Charge and Role of the Work Group / Background on Revaluation
    Presentation Tax rate and revaluation
    County Manager Travis Myren presented background on the property revaluation and appeals process, and Co-Chair Amy Fowler read the work group's charge. Myren also described an in-progress request for proposal for a consultant to review the county's assessment process, with recommendations the group could bring to the Board of Commissioners.

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