Excise & BOE Special Meetings 07/29/2026

The Oklahoma County Excise Board and Board of Equalization held special meetings on July 29, 2026, focusing primarily on budget approvals and property valuation matters. The Excise Board approved the City of Harris' fiscal year 2026-27 budget totaling approximately $10.97 million and its Public Works Authority budget of about $7.57 million. They also approved additional state and federal funds of $227,274.49 for Le Monde International Charter Reach College Preparatory School for the prior fiscal year. The Board reviewed and approved the county's 2026 assessed property valuations, noting a 5.04% increase from the previous year, which could translate to an estimated $65-70 million increase in tax revenue depending on mill levies. The Board of Equalization addressed a business personal property valuation dispute involving Cactus Drilling, ultimately deciding to freeze the assessed value at the prior year's level of approximately $11.16 million due to insufficient evidence to support the taxpayer's lower valuation request. The Board also discussed challenges related to property inspections and legislative resistance to adopting visual inspection technologies for property assessment. Both boards approved their respective meeting schedules for the upcoming fiscal year and formally closed the 2026 Board of Equalization hearing sessions.