The Pierre City Commission on Tuesday approved abatements, or reductions, in property taxes for three houses — including one now across the Missouri River in Fort Pierre — because of fires, an unusually high number, said Melissa Flottmeyer, director of equalization for Hughes County.

A fire on Oct. 25, 2018, in a house at 1008 N. Huron wrecked so it wasn’t livable, Flottmeyer said. The house had been owned for years by the Rev. Susan Carr, a former Pierre pastor who has lived in the Milwaukee area for years and rented it out. The house was assessed a taxable value last year, before the fire, of $152,684, while the lot was valued at $38,365, Flottmeyer said.


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