Two Walker County commissioners said they will work to avoid a property tax increase after the county assessor reported a 30% increase in assessed property values.
Property sale prices are through the roof, Terry Gilreath, the county’s chief appraiser, said at a Walker County Board of Commissioners meeting last week. Notices went out May 15, he said, and residents have until June 29 to file an appeal with the Assessors Office. Gilreath said the office was reticent to record the increased values.
“We didn’t want to do it, but we had to,” Gilreath said.
In 2022, property values went up by 25%, he said.
Residential values were not the only ones that went up in the hot property market, he said. All properties — commercial, residential, agricultural and industrial — required an adjustment.