Assessing Department
Responsibilities of the Assessing Department
- Ensure that tax assessment cards are being properly maintained.
- Ensure that all taxable properties are being accurately reported and properly appraised.
- Review requests from organizations requesting property tax exemption - religious, charitable or educational. Ensure that they have filed the proper forms and documentation.
- 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.
- Complete all State reports such as the MS-1 and Equalization Ratio Report.
- Create and process tax warrants and abatements.
- Gather data for the annual sales study.
- Maintain the accuracy of the Tax Maps, subdivisions and mergers.
Staff Contacts
Name | Title |
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Lise Barrette | Assessing Coordinator |