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LaSalle County assessors, multipliers and township inspections draw scrutiny; committee asks state's attorney to draft options
Summary
County assessor's office told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee that high equalization multipliers and incomplete township property records left many parcels under-assessed; committee asked the state's attorney to research remedies and bring proposed language back next month.
The LaSalle County Supervisor of Assessments' office presented a detailed briefing on April 15 showing large, countywide equalization multipliers and uneven township assessment work, and committee members pressed for legal and procedural remedies.
Supervisor of Assessments Stephanie (first name only in the transcript) told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee that the state uses arm's-length sales from recent years to calculate equalization factors and multipliers that bring township assessments to one-third of market value. She walked the committee through the county's online guidance about multipliers and how the Department of Revenue uses sales from recent years to run ratio studies.
The multipliers matter because they adjust assessments after the state's sales-ratio review and can raise individual taxpayers' bills…
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