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County assessor proposes $10-per-parcel fee as township assessor vacancies grow
Summary
Iroquois County assessor told the Tax Planning and Zoning Committee she will propose charging $10 per parcel to cover assessment services for townships that lack an assessor, citing multiple vacancies and the potential cost of hiring staff if townships decline intergovernmental agreements.
Brianne, the county assessor, told the Iroquois County Tax Planning and Zoning Committee on March 4 that she will propose charging $10 per parcel to townships that do not retain a township assessor and instead rely on the county.
The proposal, she said, is intended to cover the county’s cost of performing township assessor duties if townships decline to enter intergovernmental agreements (IGAs). "I will be presenting with this committee's approval, ICAs at $10 a parcel," Brianne said. She gave an example for a multi-township parcel count of 2,867, which at $10 per parcel would be $28,670 compared with a current budgeted amount of $12,000.
The nut graf: the assessor’s office is already…
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