Assessor’s office warns Iroquois County faces assessor vacancies, proposes higher IGA rates and GIS rollout

Mia (Assessor/Assessment department staff) told the committee on Feb. 4 that Iroquois County has seen a number of township assessor vacancies and that the county’s current intergovernmental agreement (IGA) rate of $5.64 per parcel for doing assessment work for townships is likely insufficient if multiple townships ask the county to take over assessments.

Mia said the assessment office received the state multiplier that reduces the county’s equalized assessed value and that the state will reimburse roughly half of Mia’s salary under the multiplier arrangement. Board of Review tentative value-change notices were mailed last week; taxpayers unhappy with tentative decisions may appear for final review days in February, Mia said.

The office mailed renewal notices for the senior freeze, disability exemption…