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Assessor outlines proposed EagleView aerial imagery contract and costs
Summary
Montezuma County’s assessor presented an EagleView six-year pictometry plan that would improve building measurement and change detection; staff said a contract is pending and estimated 2025 costs and ongoing annual costs were discussed.
The Montezuma County assessor briefed the Board of County Commissioners on a proposed six-year contract with EagleView for high-resolution aerial imagery and pictometry designed to improve building measurement, permit verification and change detection.
The assessor said the county did not yet have a signed contract and staff were awaiting revisions to include language about annual appropriations. The assessor said an option to include the Ute Mountain Reservation would add about $15,000 per year and that removing the reservation from the first year reduced the 2025 cost estimate. The assessor provided the county-level estimates: approximately $50,000 for 2025 (excluding the Ute Mountain Reservation) and a $125,000 figure for 2026 that reconciles the 2025 difference; thereafter she said the annual contract rate would be $87,500.
The software and 3-inch pictometry would allow oblique “tilt-down” views and higher-resolution roof and structure identification than the county’s current 6-inch imagery, the assessor explained, and would speed change detection for missed building captures. The assessor cited neighboring counties’ experience, saying Los Animas County reported it had added roughly $114 million in taxable value after adopting a similar program and that La Plata County and several municipalities had pooled resources for higher-resolution flyovers.
Assessor and staff discussed operational implications: the county’s current assessor staff do not have capacity to perform county-line-to-county-line manual building searches, the assessor said, and hiring a temporary part-time worker was an option but not likely to match EagleView’s efficiency. The assessor said flyover scheduling could be timed to show cattle on pasture for agricultural verification and that the program includes change-finder updates between flyovers to target newly changed buildings.
County staff said they had not yet received revised contract language and would review updates when provided. No final contract signature or appropriation decision was recorded during the meeting.
