Cleveland County Equalization Board Special Meeting – June 5, 2026
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Cleveland County Equalization Board Special Meeting – June 5, 2026
The Cleveland County Equalization Board held a special meeting on June 5, 2026, at 10:00 AM in Norman, Oklahoma, to consider three property valuation protests. The board approved the minutes of the previous meeting, deferred two appeals due to pending litigation, and adjusted the valuation of a third property based on market evidence.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes (May 29, 2026): Moved, seconded, and unanimously approved.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Tim Shannon (agent for Hotel Norman, LP and Midwest Heritage Inn of Norman): Presented income and expense data for the Courtyard by Marriott (770 Copperfield Drive) and the Fairfield Inn (301 Norman Center Court). For the Courtyard, he noted a significant drop in net operating income from $950,000 (2023) to $192,000 (2025), with occupancy declining from 60% to 45%. He argued market value between $3.93 million and $4.57 million. For the Midwest Heritage Inn, he cited a recent sale (May 27, 2026) for $2.99 million real property, but acknowledged the sale occurred after the effective date.
- Cammy (Kamralee Kilgore, owner of 727 Vicksburg Ave): Protested the county’s valuation of $1,888,888, arguing it exceeded market-derived values. She noted the county’s own comparable sales averaged $140,801 per unit, and that the property (six duplexes built 1978) had significant deferred maintenance. She declined to provide actual income/expense data, relying on market comps. She challenged the assessor’s use of asking rent ($1,450/month) instead of achieved rent, and questioned the 20% expense ratio (arguing Class B expenses are 32–38% in Norman).
Discussion Items
- Item 2 – Hotel Norman, LP (770 Copperfield Drive): The assessor’s office (Tracy) presented a current market value of $6,599,200 ($58,400/room). The property is under pending litigation for tax year 2022, and the value has not been changed for 2025 or 2026. The board discussed the long-standing litigation (four years) and agreed to defer to the court outcome. Motion by Josh Edge, seconded by John Wullich, to not change the valuation pending litigation. Unanimous approval.
- Item 3 – Midwest Heritage Inn of Norman (301 Norman Center Court): Also under pending litigation for tax years 2021 and 2022. The assessor confirmed no value change. The board again voted to defer to pending litigation. Motion by Josh Edge, seconded by John Wullich, unanimous.
- Item 4 – Ty & Kamralee Kilgor/Everything Rentals TX LLC (727 Vicksburg Ave): The assessor’s office presented a current value of $1,888,888, supported by a sales comparison approach (four comps, per-unit prices from $100,000 to $194,000) and an income approach using $1,450/month rent and 95% occupancy. The owner argued for a lower value based on market averages and deferred maintenance. After discussion, Commissioner Josh Edge moved to remove the high and low comps, yielding an average unit price of $134,583, resulting in a total value of $1,614,000. Seconded by John Wullich. The motion passed unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Minutes Approved: Unanimous.
- Hotel Norman, LP (Item 2): Deferred to pending litigation; no valuation change. Vote: 3–0.
- Midwest Heritage Inn (Item 3): Deferred to pending litigation; no valuation change. Vote: 3–0.
- 727 Vicksburg Ave (Item 4): Valuation reduced to $1,614,000. Vote: 3–0.
- Adjournment: Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting Transcript
So we're doing this old school today. Which is fine with me. There's three parcels. I only see one. I know they usually do them independent visions. This is the Norman of the Guts. I know that I've got it. One of these is chewy. Yeah. You're sure they're going to say, well, we're low on our things. So do we have a word? So this is one for that copper field. Are there others? There's three on our agenda. Yeah, I was gonna continue. I was gonna give you those at it one at a time. Okay, all right. So don't get it. Okay, we've got ten o'clock. I will call the uh the special meeting of the equalization board to order ten AM this Friday, June the fifth, twenty twenty-six. Madam Clark, can you please call the roll? Thompson. Here will it here. We have a quorum. Thank you. Um to let the group know that notice that the meeting was properly posted on June the second, twenty twenty-six. And uh the first item of business item number one is approval of minutes of the previous meeting held on May twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-six, and those minutes were circulated to us previously. So moved. Oh, I second. A second. Yes. Yes. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. So we're on to item number two of today's agenda. And it is a um an appeal on behalf of uh Norman Hotel LP, uh the address, property addresses seven seventy Copperfield Drive, Norman, Oklahoma. And we've been presented formal appeal notice from Ray Browning with Ray Browning, Savage and Browning. And so you're gonna get him on the phone, right? Okay, there we go. Okay, he must have left the right. Why don't you go ahead and give us the second one so we can kind of have those together? You bet uh what I would need to do is put you on speaker and uh hopefully if I hang up on you and just call back, okay. Oh the wrong button. Rebecca. Hi Tim. Um so I gotta get to a speaker. Rebecca's coming up here to help me. We got a new phone this year, so I haven't used it that much. No, that's alert.
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