The fight over Douglas County's valuations goes to court. It comes after last year's state order forcing the county to change its assessments.
The move meant property tax increases for those living west of 72nd street but decreases for some living in northeast Omaha.
The county is challenging the change.
The tax equalization and review commission back in the Spring of 2016 had a blanket property evaluation of a 7-percent increase in west and central Omaha—and an 8-percent decrease in northeast Omaha.
The Attorney General’s office representing TURC said they relied on data they’ve used before. The northeast has more salvageable values whereas the western part of the city has more development.
The arguments for Douglas County was that the data there showed unnecessary skewed for low value properties.
KMTV talked with a few lawmakers talking about the case. Senator Burke Harr said the situation should have been handled differently.
“I think that it could have been handled better, and I wish that TURC would have given county assessor a little more lee-way time to adjust to let her know—hey these are the areas of concern, I hope you address it next year,” said Harr.
The Nebaska Supreme Court will make a decision on this case in the next few months.
