OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Douglas County assessor says she's considering options to ease the costly pain of big jumps in property valuations for taxes.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that Assessor Diane Battiato told the Board of Commissioners Tuesday that two of the board's ideas wouldn't work.
She says a suggested 3 percent cap on the 2017 valuation increases wouldn't meet the state requirement that valuations must be set at 92 to 100 percent of market value. And rolling 2017 valuations back to 2016 levels would put the county overall at less than 89 percent of market value.
Battiato says the other options she's considering still would mean significant property tax increases for many owners.
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