Legislation Details

File #: 2026-2375    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Regular Agenda
File created: 9/11/2026 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 9/30/2026 Final action:
Title: Motion 26-385, convening Board of Equalization
Code sections: RCW 84.48.010 - County board of equalization—Formation—Per diem—Meetings—Duties—Records—Correction of rolls—Extending taxes—Change in valuation, release or commutation of taxes by county legislative authority prohibited.
Attachments: 1. Proposed Motion 26-385, 2. Motion Assignment Slip

 

 

Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)

 

 

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Motion 26-385, convening Board of Equalization

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DEPARTMENT:  Office of Hearings Administration

 

ORIGINATOR:  Sarah Smith, Clerk of the Board

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approved by Thomas Teigen 9/15/26

 

PURPOSE: Will convene the Board of Equalization to permit the Board to hear 2026 assessment year petitions.

 

BACKGROUND: RCW 84.48.010(4) provides that, with the approval of the county legislative authority, the Board of Equalization (BOE) may convene at any time when petitions filed exceed twenty-five or ten percent of the number of appeals filed in the preceding year, whichever is greater. The Snohomish County BOE received 1398 petitions for the 2025 assessment year. The Board has so far received more than 139 petitions for the current 2026 assessment year and has requested that the County Council convene the Board for the purpose of hearing these appeals.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

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1ST 6 YRS

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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Reviewed/approved by Finance (Nathan Kennedy 9/15/26)