Neighbors Help Neighbors With Assessments

Kirkwood, Missouri – April 20, 2007 – Kirkwood residents willing to volunteer their time to help other residents understand St. Louis County’s re-assessment process, state tax breaks for seniors and disabled residents, and how to appeal an assessment that doesn’t reflect market value, recently sat down for some training with St. Louis County Property Owner Advocate Mary King. “When we heard about the volume of calls the County was receiving and how fast the informal conferences were filling up, we started looking for ways to help our residents,” said Georgia Ragland, assistant chief administrative officer for the City of Kirkwood.

While informal conferences with the County Assessor’s Office have filled up, the good news is that property owners do not need to participate in an informal conference before appealing to the Board of Equalization. Appeal forms can be filed with the Board through June 18, 2007, and hearings will be heard by the Board between June 4 and July 31, 2007.

Kirkwood residents interested in learning more about assessments and their personal options can call 822-5892 and leave their contact information. One of Kirkwood’s trained volunteers will contact them and see what they can do to help. In some cases it may be as simple as mailing them one of several County brochures that have been developed to address various assessment issues. For others with little or no computer skills, they may need to make an appointment and bring in their assessment notice so the volunteer can go over it with them and help them look up information on comparables on the Department of Revenue’s web site http://revenue.stlouisco.com.

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