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Lewis County to offer assessing, data-collection services to towns at $10 and $3.25 per parcel
Summary
The Finance & Rules Committee authorized intermunicipal agreements allowing Lewis County to charge towns $10 per parcel for assessing services and $3.25 per parcel for data collection, aiming to cover staff costs and address assessor shortages, County Assessor Candy Aiken told the committee.
Candy Aiken, the county assessor, told the Lewis County Finance & Rules Committee that the county will offer assessing and data-collection services to towns and townships at per-parcel rates aimed to cover employee costs. The committee approved the intermunicipal agreements and the initial rates, with the county retaining the right to annual rate increases.
Aiken said Lewis County currently has just over 25,000 parcels and a shrinking pool of assessors, with retirements expected by Sept. 30 of this year. To cover the county’s expenses for staff who perform town work, the…
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