April 20, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Members to the DeKalb County Equalization Board were appointed by the County Commission Monday night.
The commission appointed Russell Watson, Jimmy Midgett, Doyle Evans, Joel Hooker, and Jim Davies to serve on the five member board and Jimmy Goad will be an alternate.
Last year the commission adopted a resolution requiring members of the equalization board to attend four hours of training before they begin meeting in June. The training is required by state law. Members who do not complete the training cannot serve.
County equalization boards across the state are to meet each year on June 1 (or the next business day if the 1st falls on Saturday or Sunday). The county board is authorized by law to receive and hear appeals of current year property tax assessments as fixed by the county assessor of property. Generally an assessment must be appealed to the county board of equalization to preserve the taxpayer’s right to further appeal.