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Home My WebLink About20191971.tiffMINUTES WELD COUNTY COUNCIL April 15, 2019 The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with the Weld County Home Rule Charter at 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 15, 2019, at the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, CO. ROLL CALL: Eli The meeting was called to order by President Brett Abernathy. Councilmembers Tonya L. Van Beber, Nancy Teksten, Gene Stille and James Welch were present, constituting a quorum of members. Also present was County Attorney Bruce Barker and Council Secretary Linda Kane. APPROVAL OF AGENDA : Councilmember Abernathy asked to add two items to old business. One, regarding discussion of the 2019 budget and a second item regarding a whistleblower program. Councilmember Van Beber made a motion to approve the agenda as amended, seconded by Councilmember Welch and it carried. APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTATION: Approval of March 18, 2019, Minutes Councilmember Welch made a motion to approve the March 18 minutes, seconded by Councilmember Teksten, and the motion carried. Approval of 1st Quarter Report to the People Councilmember Van Beber made a motion to approve the March 18 minutes, seconded by Councilmember Teksten, and the motion carried REVIEW PROGRAM: Weld County Assessor Brenda Dones Ms. Dones gave a general overview of the responsibilities of her department. She gave an overview of 2018 property values and the 2019 reappraisal when they are mailed on May 1. In 2018, the county had $11.64 billion dollars in assessed value, its highest value so far. However, she anticipates 2019 will bring in about $14.5 billion. It's in part to the current reappraisal and in part due to oil and gas. The majority of values across Weld County, 58 percent, comes from oil and gas. The biggest taxpayers, highest number, are residential taxpayers. The largest land size property is agriculture, but it doesn't even make up 2 percent of the assessed values. Revenue distribution breaks down to $849 million in property taxes. It's a local funding source that stays within Weld County. It funds more than 400 local taxing authorities. About 40 percent goes to the school districts, with 20 percent going to Weld County and the smallest group is the water, sanitation and soil districts. Councilmember Abernathy asked about SB 19-181 and how it will affect values. Ms. Dones said if there was no new drilling, our value would drop 40 percent. New drilling makes up about 40 percent of new values each year. Councilmember Abernathy asked about a five year impact and whether it would have a substantial impact on Weld County, to which she answered yes. Ms. Dones said when she started in the office in 1999, the taxable value in Weld County was COrnmuntc :OfJ 5JZGlici 2019-1971 $1.6 billion. Compared to 2018, it's now $11 billion. In 1999, her office had 42 employees and today they have 38 employees. She attributes being able to carry the work load due to technology and transparency. Her annual budget is $3.6 million, with 91 percent of that going to salaries and insurance and nine percent is what her office has control over. The assessor's office has three departments; appraisal, assessment and analysts. Their job is to discover, list, classify and value properties. They calculate taxes, but the treasurer's office handles the distribution and collection of taxes. We have a 4,000 -square -mile county and they try to discover properties and find anything that causes a change to values. In 2017, we had 3,200 new construction permits and in 2018 there were 3,800 new construction permits and she expects that number to continue growing. Her department lists properties on the assessor's web site at https://www.weldgov.com/departments/assessor. The assessor's office analyzes about 1,100 sales per month, while prices climb. In 2016, the median sale price of a home was $300k. In 2018, the median sale price is $344k. Value across the county continues to climb. Property types of all kinds are seeing a tremendous increase, Ms. Dones said. When property owners get their new appraisals, they can go to the web site to look over the assessment and agree or disagree. Property owners can protest their values by using the web site. In summary, property values are rising. New values will also be posted to the web site on May 1 To view her entire presentation, please see Addendum 1. Councilmember Welch asked about assessing agricultural land or bare land, compared to single family homes. She said with agricultural land, they're required by law to use a 10 -year rolling average based on the income that a typical farmer would make in a landlord -tenant relationship, less expenses. Commodity prices are provided by the state. Agricultural land is valued much less than market values. Currently, the top irrigated value is about $1,000 an acre. PUBLIC COMMENT: Dave Kisker, of Johnstown, asked the assessor about oil and gas and its relation to property tax. He inquired about studies on degradation. Ms. Dones responded that because so many properties have oil and gas near them, they don't see an overall degradation throughout the county. When they value properties, they break them down into very small areas. She said buyers and sellers tell the assessor's office whether oil and gas has influenced degradation. Councilmember Van Beber said property owners can take that type of information to the assessor's office to have it possibly reassessed. NEW BUSINESS: Coordinator Reports/Councilman Reports Councilmember Abernathy visited the Greeley Conservation District, which provides trees and equipment. He wanting to let people know they do land scaping and provide other services which is a taxpayer supported business. Councilmember Abernathy also talked about some points of communication with the public and let Council know that he responded to the constituents. Bills Councilmember Stille made a motion to approve bills, it was seconded by Councilmember Welch and carried. The only bill was the regular phone monthly phone bill. OLD BUSINESS: 2019 Budget Councilmember Abernathy pointed out that the budget for 2019 is not much different than past years and therefore no major changes will take place. Whistleblower Program Councilman Abernathy said he wanted to start a conversation about a potential whistleblower program. He said it's been made clear Commissioners will not offer any additional funding for a program and he recognizes some departments already have their own. He asked if Council would consider putting together some type of test system to determine whether a whistleblower program is necessary. He also pointed out it was part of the recommendations brought forth during a recent audit. Councilmember Welch said he's in favor of whistleblower programs. He said he's in favor of trying something. He questioned how to break down issues; what's the target audience and the usage? Councilmember Van Beber said she supports the idea and thinks it's long overdue. She said employees or non -employees should be able to voice concerns in a protected manner. She said there are already programs in existence to address this type of program so Council would not have to reinvent the wheel. She also supports it because it was an audit recommendation. Councilmember Teksten had more questions about how to outline and proceed with this type of program to ensure it's done correctly and beneficially. Councilmember Stifle said he believes Council already handles whistleblower-type situations when they arise. Councilmember Abernathy asked that Council think about the program and how to proceed and bring ideas to the May meeting. ADJOURNMENT: By acclamation, the meeting was adjourned at 7:57 p.m. ;44A May 20, 2019 - • - ` dent, Brett ° ` ernathy 'ouncil Secretary, Linda Kane 2018 Assessed Valuation. Property Classification Vacant Land Residential Property Commercial Property Industrial Property Agricultural Natural Resources Oil and Gas State Assessed Property Total Commercial Property Industrial Property Agricultural al Natural Resources Oil and Gas State Assessed Property 2018 Assessed Valuation $79,197,730.00 $1,86,,220.890.00 5933,156,520.00 5958,904,240.00 5214,145,980.00 $22,544,990.00 $6,828,903,860.00 $866,954,700.00 $11,764,028;910.00 2017 % bill -11.6% 4.0% 3.0% 3.4% 2.1% 19.0% 48.1% 2M% 25.1% Percent of Value 0.67% 15.81% 7.93% 8.15% 1.82% 0.19% 58.05% 7.37% 100.00% Property Classification Weld County Junior College School Districts Cities and Towns Water/San/Soil Dist. Fire Districts Library Districts Metro & Special Dist. Total Junior College School Districts Cities and Towns I Water/San/Soil Dist. Fire Districts Library Districts Metro & Special Dist. 2018 Revenue Distribution $176,907,523.8© $53,252,532.37 $342,702,015.40 $49,195,634.42 $25,424,584.39 $92,548,686.32 $37,656,620.91 $62,086,431.42 $849,774,029.03 Revenue Distribution 20.82% 7.44% 40.33% 5.79% 2.99% 10.89% 4.43% 7.31% 100.00% Total Taxable $14,000,000,000 _ $12,000,000,000 $10,000,000,000 $8,000,000,000 $5,000,000,000 $4,000,000,000 $2,000,000,000 $1,011,294,100 11111 $2,487,423 $r1fi35 9-2, 8O $11,764,028,910 $11,583,103,260 $9,130,082,370 $7 118,R3a,51' X3,151,948,37C $6,513,48 $5,770,793,860 $4,565,823,440 701,208 0 i 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 199G 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Discover Number of Permits 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 New Construction 2013-2019 All Jurisdictions 2 4 6 Month 8 I0 11 12 — 0--2013 Total: 1,881 — 4--2014 Total: 2,374 -+-2015 Total: 2,917 —x--2016 Total: 3,333 ---x-2017 Total: 3,210 -+-2018 Total: 3,838 —.-2019 Total: 59 List escription and Characteristics classify g Assessment date is January 1 (w/hat is the use of the property?) y) Personal Property Value: 219-2020 Reappraisal O Appraisal date is June 30, 2018 (moved forward from June 30, 2016) O Sales from 1/1/2017 through 6/30/2018 are used • values will stay the same for 2019 and 2020 O Appraisal date is June 30, 2018 (moved forward from June 30, 2016) * Valued based on 10 year average of production, price and expenses Factors affecting value: Sales , Sales, Sales From 7/1/2016 to 6/30/2018 34,600 recorded documents that affected 54,447 accounts 27,970 accounts that sold Approximately 1,100 sales per month 40000 20000 15000 10000 Accounts with Recorded Sale Document 21177 17930 14535 21413 27785 36830 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Factors affecting value: Increasing Sale Prices $400,000 $350,000 $300,000 a, $250,000 a` m "' $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 Median Adjusted Sale Price 0 H H O 0 00 • tri CO • tit) O O O CO 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N O 0 O N - ▪ O 0 O N 0 O O O N OM Median Linear (Median) 2 per. May. Avg. (Median) 2016-2018 SFR Average Sale Price by Town $450,000 $400,000 $350,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 EATON EVANS GREELEY KERSEY WINDSOR a 2016 i72017 ■ 2018 Mass Appraisal Process Review sales characteristics and prices Trend to 6/30/2018 (called time adjusted sale price) Analyze data for contributory value based on characteristics Review values — both statistically and individually Audit Review: Every year we are audited by a company hired by Colorado Legislative Council The audit is procedural and statistical Reappraisal Su • Property Values are increasing! • Property Values reflect value on Jun 1, 2018 • Property Values reflect physical conditions and on Janu • Notices of Value are mailed on May 1 and online values are • Encourage you to use our website to review your property and neighborhood sales. New tool called `Comper' for taxpayer use. • Protest occurs the month of May • Notices of Determination are mailed the last day of June Find us online: weldgov.com Contact us: Brenda Dones 970-400-3699 bdones@weldgov.com Jason Marini 970-400-3691 jmarini@weldgov.com Hello