SEL building lone tax adjustment by assessor

Assessed value of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories’ recently-built solutions delivery center in Pullman was dropped from $11,650,668 to $8,117,522 by the Whitman County commissioners acting as the board of equalization.

Asssessor Joe Reynolds recommended commissioners approve the change, the sole contest of Reynolds’ office’s official property valuation brought to the board of equalization this year.

Reynolds said the change would not change the county’s tax rolls, as the change in valuation is more a change in tax classification.

The county factored in much of the machinery and equipment i...