(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
After many months of the process, the goal line for the property reassessment in Beaver County seems to be in sight.
Beaver County Solicitor Garen Fedeles provided the latest updates at the Commissioners’ weekly work session on Wednesday. “In March, all property owners are going to be getting what’s called a preliminary assessed value of their property,” Fedeles said. “This figure going out in March should be a figure that you believe that your house could sell for.”
Tyler Technologies–the company handling the property reassessment for Beaver County–will have a process available throughout April and May, where anyone with questions or concerns regarding their assessed value can contact Tyler Technologies with their inquiries. “We’re still finalizing where that will be held,” Fedeles added. “Most likely that’s gonna be available to citizens through a multitude of avenues; whether it’s in-person, via phone, or via teams/Zoom calls.”
Fedeles also stated that the final evaluations for the properties will be sent out in July, launching the closing stages of a multi-year process for county government and county citizens.
During Wednesday’s meeting, Beaver County Treasurer Sandie Egley made an inquiry to the Commissioners for them to investigate–and potentially create a resolution for– the allowance for any veteran in Beaver County who is 100% disabled to receive tax-exempt status. Currently, the state code only provides the status for those whose disabilities were the result of combat.
“I can’t imagine there aren’t that many people that this would effect,” Egley stated, “but to that one person, it would mean a lot.” Egley added that the Treasurer’s Association will approach representatives in Harrisburg about the matter, while Solicitor Fedeles said that the Board of Commissioners would look into the matter as well.
Closing out the meeting was a request from Gerry States, the Commander for American Legion Post 641 in Baden. The request was for the Commissioners to donate a portion of the expenses that Post 641 put into a recent donation drive for seniors in Beaver County, at the amount of roughly $8,000. States asked that the donation be “fair”–as in, the Commissioners wouldn’t have to pay for all of it–but Commissioner Dan Camp requested that States would request for a full donation up front, after which the Commissioners would then donate a percentage of that requested amount.
States also informed the Commissioners that the American Flag in the meeting space was in the wrong place–to the left of the Board and to the right of the audience, when it should be to the right of the Board and the left of the audience. Those changes will be made prior to the next work session, which is scheduled for 10:00 AM on Wednesday, January 25 at the County Courthouse.