YORK – Change of valuation notices have been mailed out for the 2026 assessment year, according to the York County Assessor’s office.

​YORK – People who are interested in running for seats on their local village boards have summer deadlines to follow if they want to be on the General Election ballot in November.
The following are the village seats which are up for election this year, in York County, as well as the current list of those who have already filed to run:

• Village of Benedict: The seats of Robert Jensen and Miranda Martin are up for election. So far, the candidates which have filed are Bob Jensen and Aaron Reetz.
• Village of Bradshaw: The seats of LJ McCormick and Terrence Werth are up for election. So far, the candidates which have filed are McCormick and Werth.
• Village of Gresham: The seats of Conner Luettel and Kim Sheehan are up for election. So far, the candidates which have filed are Luettel, Sheehan and Ted Beck.
• Village of Lushton: The seats of Caleb Weisheit and Kathy Hall are up for election. So far, no candidates have filed.
• Village of McCool: The seats of Tom Hoarty and Sandra Browitt are up for election. Both have filed to run again.
• Village of Thayer: The seats of Dustin Drake and Daryl Foutz are up for election. So far, Drake is the only candidate to have filed, so far.
• Village of Waco: The seats of Rick Pfeifer and Don Copeland are up for election. Both have filed to run again.

For these particular races, incumbents must file by July 15 and non-incumbents must file by Aug. 3.
Filings can be done at the clerk/election offices, which are located on the main floor of the York County Courthouse.
 

​YORK – This past week, York County Assessor Kurt Bulgrin asked the county commissioners to terminate the county’s current contract with Sam-Surveying and Mapping as the Vanguard company (who the county recently signed with for other services) also offers mapping for no extra cost.
“In putting my budget together, I looked at ways to make things more accessible to the public,” Bulgrin said. “Our mapping system, with Vanguard we pretty much have the same information and getting rid of Sam and doing more with Vanguard would save money.”
To terminate this contract, the company has to have a 30-day notice.
The savings would be $6,100, which Bulgrin said could be used in different ways to make this office more efficient and make more online services available to the public.
“I just couldn’t justify this mapping contract when we already had that service now, with Vanguard.”
The commissioners agreed to postpone the decision until further information is gathered about the options Vanguard software systems has and the options the roads department software has.
 

YORK – It’s that time of year again when the valuation protest process is starting.

​YORK – Last year, the York County Commissioners, sitting as the York County Board of Equalization, held nearly 200 valuation protests and declared judgment on all of those protests.
Of those, the York County Assessor’s office disagreed with the values set by the board of equalization when it came to nine parcels. The assessor filed appeals with the Nebraska Tax Equalization Commission (TERC).
This week, the commissioners reversed their earlier decisions, now agreeing with the assessor – thereby erasing the need for TERC hearings.
Commissioner Chairman Daniel Grotz explained how their options were to leave the nine valuations as had been set (thereby going through the TERC appeal process) or agreeing with the assessor (thereby changing the valuations and avoiding the TERC appeal process).
The commissioners voted in favor of changing the values, in agreement with the assessor’s office – Commissioner Andy Bowman voted no.
The owners of these nine parcels will be notified of the changes.