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Madera County OKs $1.775 million C3 AI contract to automate mass property appraisals
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a five-year agreement with C3 AI to implement an AI-powered mass appraisal system for residential, commercial and agricultural parcels, approving $600,000 upfront funding and ongoing maintenance paid from the assessor's budget.
Assessor Matt Treiber told the Madera County Board of Supervisors on April 15 that the county will enter a five-year, $1,775,000 agreement with C3 AI Incorporated to implement an artificial-intelligence powered mass appraisal system covering residential, commercial and agricultural parcels.
The board voted 5-0 to approve the contract, authorize an upfront payment of $600,000 drawn from software automation fees and planning automation maintenance fees (or a combination with general government impact fees), and to fund annual maintenance costs of $235,000 from the assessor’s budget.
Why it matters: Treiber said the system will automate data ingestion and routine valuation tasks, freeing appraisers to focus on complex properties and helping the county produce more timely supplemental assessments. "This will end up saving my office, this next year, about $70,000 in net county cost," Treiber…
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