The owner of the parent company of Split Rock Lodge told Kidder Township supervisors last night he intends to take legal action to force Carbon County into a countywide reassessment. W. Jack Kalins, owner of Vacation Charters Ltd., said he will file the motion in county court within 30 days. Vacation Charters represents 22 percent of Kidder Township's property tax base, and its property has the highest assessment in all of Carbon County, Kalins said.
Assessments determine the amount of property taxes paid.
When the Carbon County commissioners went to court to request a 5-mill tax hike above the legal limit of 25, Kalins was one of the more outspoken taxpayers against the increase. He claimed a reassessment would be more equitable. There hasn't been a countywide reassessment since 1969. An assessment is supposed to be 40 percent of the fair market value of the property. But because some properties haven't been assessed since 1969, the fair market value is based on its value more than 20 years ago.