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LaSalle County board accepts assessor's report after brief Q&A on factors affecting property values
Summary
The LaSalle County board voted to accept the assessor’s report after a resident asked whether assessors account for features such as nearby train tracks, mine shafts and local crime; staff pointed attendees to sales data and the county GIS for current assessments.
LaSalle County board members voted to accept the assessor’s report after a short public exchange about what factors are reflected in property assessments.
A resident asked whether township assessors “take an account, like, if you got, like, a train track right behind your house or, or mines under your house, mine shafts?” The question came during the assessor’s report portion of the meeting.
The assessor and other meeting participants told the room that assessments are based on local market activity and existing sales data. “You can get on the GIS and pull up that area ... All the assessments are out there on the GIS. The current assessments are there right now,” an assessor or county staff member said. Another participant summarized the assessor’s role: “That's what the assessor's job is.”
On the question of crime and neighborhood desirability, the assessor or staff said that those factors are generally reflected in the sales market rather than recorded as a separate assessment line item: “So I could not answer that. Maybe there might be a neighborhood or something that is not desirable because there's more crimes in that area. That would be noticeable in your sales.”
After the Q&A, a board member asked for a motion to accept the assessor’s report; the motion was seconded by James and carried. Later, the meeting was adjourned on a motion by Matt and seconded by James.
The exchange indicates that county staff advise residents to consult the county GIS to view current assessments and comparable sales; the board took no additional action beyond accepting the report and adjourning the meeting.
