Long-time homeowner urges Washoe County to review land-valuation approach; clerk offers appeal forms

During the public-comment period Mister McNulty, a long-term homeowner in Incline Village, delivered a lengthy statement criticizing the assessor's approach to land valuation. He argued that sales-comparison methods used by the assessor's office do not adequately reflect local attributes such as lakefront or golf-course frontage, views, traffic and flood risk, and he said those features make appeals difficult to win under the current methodology.

McNulty said he has appealed previously and urged the board and the assessor's office to consider changes that better reflect unique local parcel characteristics. The chair and clerk acknowledged his concerns, told him the board had already voted on the matters before it and noted the right to appeal to the State Board of Equalization. The clerk provided forms and stated the filing deadline as March 10.

No policy change was adopted during the meeting; McNulty was encouraged to file the state-level appeal if he wished to pursue further review.