Tax Assessor Seeks $60,006 to Digitize Fragile Historical Tax Books

Jul 28, 2025

The tax assessor requested funds to scan fragile historical tax books into a searchable digital archive; a full-run quote was $60,006.74, with a quarterly option quoted at about $22,005.69 per quarter but without guaranteed future pricing.

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The county tax assessor appeared at the budget workshop asking commissioners to fund the digitization of decaying historical tax records stored in her office. She presented a vendor quote of $60,006.74 to scan and create a searchable digital archive of the entire collection and noted that the records date back to the early 1900s.

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