Dawson County officials move to advance termination of tax-assessor vendor contracts

County Manager Joey Leverett told the Dawson County Board of Commissioners at a Nov. 20, 2025 work session that the tax assessor’s office and the board of assessors have asked the county to terminate several third-party vendor contracts and will soon present replacement recommendations.

Leverett identified the vendors and contracts by year and purpose: LCM Incorporated (doing business as McCormick Solutions) provides schedules and tables for rural and urban properties (contract from 2020), rural/urban land permit reviews (2022 contract) and appraisal/digest review plus software amendments (contracted in September 2025). Leverett said GIS1 LLC holds a 2023 contract to produce schedules and tables for personal property in Dawson County. He said the assessor—s board has requested termination "for convenience" and noted "this termination requires the standard 30 day notice."

The county manager said the board of assessors voted unanimously on Nov. 10, 2025 to bring the termination request to the commissioners and that the assessor—s office has solicited quotes and is prepared to bring a recommendation for a replacement vendor to a forthcoming voting session. "They are requesting that that be moved forward to the voting session tonight if possible," Leverett said during the meeting.

No formal vote on contract termination was recorded in the work-session transcript. The commissioners agreed to advance the item to the voting session to allow the county to meet the 30-day-notice requirement; the transcript does not record a roll-call vote or the outcome of any subsequent vote on contract termination.

Next steps: the assessor—s office is expected to present vendor-replacement recommendations at a voting session; any formal termination and vendor award will require a commissioners— vote and the 30-day notice period to run before contracts are terminated.