Assessing Department

Responsibilities of the Assessing Department

  1. Ensure that tax assessment cards are being properly maintained.
  2. Ensure that all taxable properties are being accurately reported and properly appraised.
  3. Review requests from organizations requesting property tax exemption - religious, charitable or educational. Ensure that they have filed the proper forms and documentation.
  4. Process applications for property tax abatement, current use, yield tax, elderly and blind exemptions, also veteran tax credit applications and elderly/disabled tax deferrals in a timely manner.
  5. Complete all State reports such as the MS-1 and Equalization Ratio Report.
  6. Create and process tax warrants and abatements.
  7. Gather data for the annual sales study.
  8. Maintain the accuracy of the Tax Maps, subdivisions and mergers. 

Staff Contacts

Name Title
Lise Barrette Assessing Coordinator