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McLean County assessment office creates GIS supervisor position amid staff transitions
Summary
The McLean County Finance Committee approved a resolution May 7 to amend the 2025 funded FTE roster for the Assessment Office to create a GIS supervisor role as the office plans for retirements and fills a GIS vacancy.
The McLean County Finance Committee on May 7 approved a resolution amending the 2025 funded full-time equivalent positions for the Assessment Office to create a GIS supervisor position.
The change, presented by Mr. Jorzak, Supervisor of Assessments, is part of a staffing and modernization plan the office said is needed as several long-tenured employees prepare to retire and the office adjusts to a recently vacated GIS specialist post. "We are currently in the midst of a big transition," Jorzak said. "I have 7 full time employees, including myself, and I am getting ready within the next year to potentially lose 3 of those employees." He said the GIS specialist accepted a position with the Town of Normal and the department posted the GIS role immediately.
The committee heard that the new GIS supervisor will take on advanced mapping and project work and relieve some duties now performed by the staff assessor. "The future of valuation is in mapping and how we relate property value to physical geospatial location," Jorzak said, arguing the supervisor should lead value-added GIS projects.
Member Fagan asked if there will be enough work for both a supervisor and a specialist; Jorzak replied, "Yes. Yes. Absolutely," and explained the plan is to shift some assessor tasks downward while the supervisor focuses on higher-level GIS initiatives. Member Farley moved the resolution and Member Fagan seconded; the motion carried.
Jorzak also provided the office's monthly operational update: 13 sets of books are in for the 2025 valuation (valuation date Jan. 1, 2025), all but one township book is ready to proceed, and the department received 2026 farmland values from the Illinois Department of Revenue. He said the county's farmland assessment review committee is scheduled for May 27 at 10 a.m. and that the meeting is open to the public.
The committee approved the FTE amendment in open session; hiring and classification details were discussed but not altered by the vote.
