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Lake County assessor warns Tyler valuation methods skew property values; staff to evaluate software options
Summary
Assessor Mark described a troubled reappraisal cycle, data conversion problems and valuation methodology limitations in the county's Tyler CAMA/ERP system, and said the assessor's office is exploring alternative CAMA software and possible RFPs before the Tyler contract expires in 2025.
Mark, Lake County's assessor, told commissioners that the assessor's office inherited a problematic reappraisal and data conversion and that limitations in the county's current Tyler implementation have produced distorted land and improvement valuations in some areas.
Mark said the county's valuation model often uses a dollar-per-acre approach that can overstate land values in small-lot subdivisions or undercount features such as inferior views and topography. "Tyler does everything by dollar per acre," Mark said, adding that methodologic limits made it difficult to model…
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