April 28, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Members to the DeKalb County Equalization Board were reappointed by the County Commission Monday night.
The commission reappointed 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.
Members of the equalization board are required 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.