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Assessor warns of heavy workload during valuation-system conversion and asks for limited reclassifications
Summary
The county assessor presented a $6.86 million budget tied to a multi-phase conversion to a new property-valuation and tax system and requested reclassifications to support the transition.
Benton Countys assessor updated the Budget Committee on a proposed 25-27 assessment budget (about $6.86 million current-service-level) and outlined a multi-part conversion to a new property valuation and tax system that county staff said will be implemented in two phases beginning July 2025.
Why it matters: The assessors office values property, maintains tax maps, processes exemptions and coordinates tax-rate/billing functions that fund most county taxing districts. An extended conversion while maintaining legacy systems affects staff workload and could raise short-term maintenance costs.
Key points - Conversion and dual-system costs: The assessor said the county is converting from two legacy systems…
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