County Commission Must Decide How To Address Meck Revaluation Flaws
How Mecklenburg County responds to complaints about flaws in the 2011 property revaluation is now up to county commissioners. An outside consultant who reviewed the revaluation delivered a final report...
View ArticleCornelius Commissioners Object To County Chief's Revaluation Plans
Cornelius commissioners on Monday approved a resolution expressing dissatisfaction with Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones’s plans for dealing with problems in the county’s 2011 property...
View ArticleTo Re-Do Or Not To Re-Do? Meck Commission Debates Tuesday
A growing chorus of Mecklenburg County citizens and elected officials is calling for a complete re-do of the 2011 property tax revaluation. The independent review completed last week found most of the...
View ArticleMeck Tax Assessor Resigns, Faulty Reval Stymies Commission
The tax assessor who oversaw Mecklenburg County's much-maligned 2011 revaluation is out . County Commissioners announced Tuesday night that assessor Garrett Alexander has resigned, but they put off a...
View ArticleMeckCo To Reappraise Properties; Commission Undecided On Refunds
The Mecklenburg County Commission stopped short of ordering a complete re-do of the 2011 Property Tax Revaluation, but they took enough steps to satisfy some critics – for now. The immediate winner in...
View ArticleCareful What You Wish For? Bill Provides Refunds - And Back Taxes - For Reval...
Mecklenburg County residents who've paid too much property tax these last few years because of the botched 2011 revaluation will get refunds . . . eventually. But legislation unveiled today to fix the...
View ArticleWant To Hear Property Tax Appeals For Little Pay? Time To Apply Is Now
Mecklenburg County is trying to fill 15 seats on the Board of Equalization and Review. That's the group responsible for hearing property tax appeals. It's a job that comes with a lot of criticism –...
View ArticleHarrisburg Vigil Honors 2 Men Shot By Neighbor
Residents held a vigil Saturday night in Harrisburg , northeast of Charlotte, to remember two neighbors who died in a shooting Friday in the Windsor Forest neighborhood. They gathered to remember...
View ArticleStreetcar Debate Sidelined As Council Focuses On Rest of City Budget
The Charlotte City Council learned Wednesday the price of its inaction on a capital investment plan. What they could have done last year by increasing the property tax rate 3.6 cents will now require...
View ArticleMecklenburg County Property Taxes Likely To Increase
Mecklenburg County commissioners tentatively approved a new budget Tuesday night that includes an increase to the property tax rate of 2.35 cents.
View ArticleRevaluation Bill Passes House, Now Goes To Governor
The N.C. House of Representatives on Monday night gave final legislative approval to a bill that requires Mecklenburg County to redo the flawed 2011 property revaluation and issue refunds – with...
View ArticleSome MeckCo Reval Refunds Coming 'Soon'
Mecklenburg County is now officially required by state law to fix its botched 2011 revaluation and start issuing property tax refunds. An outside review estimated about one-third of the county's...
View ArticleCannon Talks Priorities
Patrick Cannon says he's still pinching himself after realizing a life-long dream of becoming mayor of Charlotte. He held his first press conference as mayor-elect in front of the new Romare Bearden...
View ArticleFuller: No Tax Hike; Calls For Poverty Task Force
Mecklenburg County Commission Chairman Trevor Fuller says he doesn't want to raise taxes this year because the county expects to see a surplus in revenue from construction and other growth.
View ArticleCharlotte City Manager: No Property Tax Increase Needed
Charlotte property owners got some good news at last night’s budget meeting—city manager Ron Carlee will not recommend a property tax increase. “Unless I get contrary guidance from council, the budget...
View ArticleMeck Tax Assessor: Much Smaller Tax Base Was Surprise To All
The City of Charlotte will have a lot less tax revenue to work with partly thanks to a re-do of the botched 2011 property revaluation. That came as a surprise to council members last week. They...
View ArticleAppraiser Explains The Hit To Charlotte's Budget
The City of Charlotte learned this month it would receive $14 million less in property taxes than expected next year. A redo of Mecklenburg County’s flawed 2011 revaluation suddenly found property was...
View ArticleExpect 'Trash Talk', Service Cuts In Carlee's Proposed 2016 Budget
Despite a growing economy, the city of Charlotte is facing a $21.7 million budget gap. City leaders say it’s bigger than anything they dealt with during the great recession. Tonight, City Manager Ron...
View ArticleMecklenburg Homeowners Faced With New Back Taxes After Reval Redo
Mecklenburg County’s 2011 property tax revaluation found property values were so high—and it drew so many complaints—that state lawmakers required an outside appraiser to go back and redo it. Since...
View ArticleAssessor Starts 2019 Revaluation Process, Expects Property Values To Jump
Mecklenburg County houses and commercial buildings are due for another property revaluation in 2019. Values are expected to jump. The last one in 2011 had to be redone because of errors. The county...
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