Phil Cook

Presented the Kitsap County Assessor's Office 2026 budget to the Board of County Commissioners in Commissioner Chambers and met the Board's requested cutback by reducing the office by one staff position to 23 employees, while reporting Washington Department of Revenue statistics ranking Kitsap fourth of 39 counties on budget per parcel at $21.83 against a state median of $32.59 and second on parcels per full-time employee at 4,989.

September 16, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: kitsap.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Completed the office's state-mandated revaluation cycle inspections covering 22,973 physically inspected parcels, which produced a total inspected value of $64,013,793,814 reported to the Board of County Commissioners, discharging the RCW 84.41.030 requirement that every property in the county be inspected at least once every six years.

June 20, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: kitsap.gov · researched July 30, 2026

State regulators found that he left the candidate filing fee off a campaign expense report and did not list the names and addresses of people paid for donated goods and services. He amended the report to fix both problems. Washington's Public Disclosure Commission closed the case as a technical correction with no fine (case 192461).

June 26, 2026

Source: pdc.wa.gov · researched July 30, 2026

Mailed change of value notices to 27,929 Kitsap County property taxpayers in his first year in office, setting assessed values as of January 1, 2023 at 100 percent of market value for property tax obligations payable in 2024, with a 60-day window from the notice date to appeal to the Board of Equalization.

June 16, 2023

Source: content.govdelivery.com · researched July 30, 2026