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County CFO describes ValueBase AI tool to speed property-appeal reviews; FY2026 cost cited
Summary
CFO Dave Del Grande told the committee ValueBase can produce automated comparable-sales reports to shorten appeal reviews from about 30 minutes to five; the FY2026 agreement cost was cited at $119,000 and the tool can be configured to county valuation criteria.
Chair John Cartier introduced Resolution 26-006 on Jan. 13, 2026, asking the county to enter an agreement with ValueBase for an appeal-support platform to assist with property-assessment appeals stemming from the county’s recent reassessment.
Dave Del Grande, the county chief financial officer, said the reassessment generated about 5,000 appeals in the first year and that the county expects volumes to continue. He described ValueBase as an AI-assisted tool that assembles comparable-sales reports for certified assessors to review: "It's helping us with the appeal process by helping pull comps in the area... Probably taking a 30 minute process and knocking it down to 5," Del Grande said. He explained the assessor can "click and unclick certain comps" and then sign off on a final report for the appeals process.
Del Grande said he had discussed the product with officials in other counties using the software and that the county would use the same criteria for comps that the county uses to value properties. The chair read that the agreement would cost about $119,000 in fiscal year 2026; Del Grande said future renewals would come back as subsequent purchase-order resolutions.
Council members raised the possibility of making generated reports available to the public to reduce appeals and asked whether the tool could be restricted to a particular look-back period (for example, the reassessment look-back beginning July 1, 2024); Del Grande said the system can be configured to search within specified ranges.
The transcript records discussion of the tool’s workflow, configuration, and FY2026 cost but does not show a formal committee vote on Resolution 26-006 during the public meeting.
