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Lee County assessor: tax bills drive heavy public traffic; GIS office adds new aerial layers to aid assessments and septic permitting
Summary
The assessor reported county tax bills were recently mailed and staff are busy handling public questions and exemption filings; GIS staff added the 2025 change-finder aerial layer to mapping platforms and added contour lines to the zoning map to help the health department with septic permits.
Jennifer (Assessor) told the County Services Committee that Lee County tax bills have been mailed and that her office has seen increased public traffic and exemption filings as residents respond to bills.
“Tax bills are out. So we we've been very busy with, with the public questions on their tax bills,” Jennifer said, and reminded residents that the assessor’s office determines market value and that the treasurer’s office collects taxes. She asked that residents be respectful when contacting county staff and noted that county officials do not control taxing-district rate decisions.
GIS staff (Sammy, not present at the meeting) submitted a written report and have loaded the 2025 change‑finder aerial layer into EagleView Connect Explorer and other mapping platforms, the committee was told. Sammy’s report said the change‑finder allows users to compare the new photography to prior years and aids assessment work. “The change finder makes it possible to compare the new photography to the last year's photography,” the report said.
Committee members also heard that contour lines were added to the zoning map layer to help the health department issue septic permits more efficiently; staff attributed that addition to coordination between zoning and GIS personnel.
Jennifer encouraged residents with questions about how tax dollars are distributed or who to contact in other taxing districts to reach out to the relevant taxing authority, noting the assessor’s office can explain assessed market value but not taxing-district rate-setting.
