Warren County has reached tax assessment settlements with 18 property owners representing roughly one-third of the ongoing reassessment challenges the county is facing.

The 18 challenges represented $9,460,296 in total assessed value. Settlements decreased that amount to $7,368,285. Nathaniel Schmidt, county solicitor, said reductions total about $16,000 in tax revenue for the county. While some cases are being heard in court, the settlement process included an exchange of appraisals and then negotiations to find a fair value.

“Commissioners are presented with a spreadsheet of 19 different parcels that, with the guidance of our chief assessor Brian Bull in establishing some values for our settlement negotiation, we reached agreement with the taxpayers or their counsel. We provided you with a spreadsheet of what the board assessment appeal value was that was appealed from and the final value that was agreed upon. All these numbers were approved with tentative authority from Brian Bull with the assistance of our outside counsel, Jordan Schubert.”

The 18 properties presented to the commissioners recently were located throughout the county: two in the city of Warren, two in Columbus Township, two in Glade Township, one in Pine Grove Township, two in Youngsville Borough, one in Farmington Township, three in Mead Township, one in Sheffield Township, one in Conewango Township, one in Brokenstraw Township, one in Spring Creek Township and one in Elk Township. The average decrease per parcel was about $116,222.

County officials have said previously that 2,480 property assessment appeals were heard at the local level following last year’s reassessment. Of those, 2,191 resulted in reductions to property values. A total of 61 cases were then filed with the Court of Common Pleas. Commissioner Tricia Durbin asked how many reassessment challenges are still working through the challenge process.

“So there are about 60 appeals filed this year,” Schmidt said. “This number constitutes about a third. … Some of these represent actually a number of ones that haven’t come in front of you yet or haven’t been resolved that are multiple cases involving single taxpayers, for example, businesses. So in terms of actual entities that we’re interacting with on appeal basis, this actually represents about half of the parties that filed an appeal.”

Not on the list, but settled in April, was a challenge filed by Whirley Industries for three parcels in the city of Warren. Whirley had been challenging its 2026 assessment before reaching a settlement. In total, the company’s three parcels will be assessed at The company will pay $7,150,330.

“To the extent appellant overpaid taxes based on the new assessed values, the taxing districts shall issue credits toward future taxes as a result of these overpayments,” the settlement document states. “The total aggregate assessed value on the property shall remain at those values established … unless and until changed in the normal course of business as provided by law.”