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County appraiser seeks tech and vehicle funding and flags state personal‑property exemption changes
Summary
Miami County Appraiser Sandra Lucas outlined requests for computer upgrades, vehicle replacement planning and an EagleView subscription enhancement; she raised concerns about a new state personal‑property exemption that may increase Board of Tax Appeals workload while reducing local revenue.
Sandra Lucas, Miami County county appraiser, presented the reappraisal and appraisal office budgets and highlighted several operational needs and an impending state statutory change affecting personal property taxation.
Lucas said the office must upgrade aging desktop computers (some machines "shut off several times a week") and that she plans to fund replacements from the county tech fund if the general fund cannot cover them. She asked to begin earmarking transfer money into a reserve for future vehicle and capital replacements, noting the appraisal office currently operates five vehicles and is planning to reduce to…
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