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Council's back, but progress on AVI ... not so much
Getting hard numbers in December, while not ideal, could give Council a fighting chance to come up with a solution that works for most.
Council's back, but progress on AVI ... not so much
City Council returns this morning, and some legislation related to the Actual Value Initiative — the updating of property tax valuations that was a central sticking point in budget hearings this spring — are on the agenda. Yet, it appears that City Council is not much further than it was several months ago toward having answers. The central questions that remain: What will the aggregate property values be, and what can Council do reasonably to ease the potential increase? The answers may not come until December
"We're still very much involved in trying work out the whole AVI situation as far as coming in with what the aggregate values are and what safeguards we can put in place to protect the people who will be hurt the most," Councilman Mark Squilla says. "A lot of councilmembers are working on some ideas, but we can't go fully toward introducing anything until we get those total aggregate numbers and we can do a case-by-case study."
Council President Darrell Clarke's bill to protect longtime owner-occupants is on today's council calendar. But nothing else is off the table, Squila said: Payment-in-lieu-of-taxes efforts directed at land-holding nonprofits that currently are able to avoid property taxes for the most part; gradual implementation of AVI; using signage to bring in fees; or other means of generating revenue to offset the fiscal pain. "There are thoughts that have been thrown out there, but without hard numbers it's hard to estimate how much money we'd really need to offset."
One fear: That delays could mean property value numbers might not come in until next budget season. "I hope that the OPA and the administration realizes how hard that was during the budget season," he says. "If we have those numbers even by December it will give the thinkers a chance to get together and come up with some ideas. It will give the community groups the chance to get together and give Council a chance to get together and come up with a plan to offset it for people who who'd be hurt the most."
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