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Assessor warns county property-tax system needs multi-year replacement; seeks staffing and subscription funding
Summary
Assessor Rebecca Arnold told commissioners the county’s aging property tax system is at risk and recommended a three‑year replacement (estimated $4.5 million) with an FY26 initiation cost; she also requested a new assistant chief deputy position and discussed reallocating salary percentages between assessment and DMV functions.
Ada County Assessor Rebecca Arnold told the Board of Commissioners that the county’s property-tax and assessment software — developed in the 1990s — is fragile, under-resourced for maintenance and poses security and operational risks, and recommended a planned three‑year replacement costing in the range of $4.5 million.
Arnold said the assessor’s office completed a consultant review (Soft Resources) that solicited vendor proposals and produced a probable cost range for a modern, subscription-based…
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