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Tax Assessment Work Group

Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
Monday, February 9, 2026

Other Tax rate and revaluationHousing and affordability

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's tax assessment work group heard two things on February 9: research findings gathered from the community, presented by the group's representative from the NC Housing Coalition, and a report from the chair of the board of equalization and review.

Putting those two next to each other is the point of this group. One side is what residents say about how assessment feels; the other is what the appeals board actually decides.

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Meeting recap

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

Orange County's tax assessment work group heard an unfinished presentation on February 9 from Hudson Vaughan of the North Carolina Housing Coalition on inequity in the 2025 revaluation, covering land valuation problems and what he called vertical regressivity between properties within the same neighborhood. He plans to return with the rest of the presentation, including strategies to improve equity.

Leon Meyers, chair of the Board of Equalization and Review, walked the group through how that board prepares for a revaluation and handles appeals, along with process changes under consideration. The group approved its January 12 minutes and set its next two meetings, including a March 9 session to review and score responses to its tax assessment study RFP.

How the votes went

Approved the January 12 minutes unanimously.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

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Agenda items (4)

Minutes approval · 1Presentation · 1Staff or committee report · 1Discussion item · 1
  1. 2 Approval of Minutes
    Minutes approval
  2. 3 Community Research Findings
    Presentation Housing and affordabilityTax rate and revaluation
    Research findings from the community, presented by the work group's representative from the NC Housing Coalition.
  3. 4 Board of Equalization and Review
    Staff or committee report Tax rate and revaluation
    A report from the chair of the board of equalization and review, which hears property tax appeals.
  4. 5 Discussion of Next Steps
    Discussion item Tax rate and revaluation
    Next steps for the group's assessment improvement work. It went on to hear commercial and in-house appraisal presentations on March 2 and to recommend a vendor on March 19.

Agenda changes

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