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County assessor pauses annual reassessments, sets 2026 level of assessment at 95% and outlines Tyler conversion

Tompkins County Legislature Government Operations Committee · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Tompkins County's assessor told the committee the office will pause annual reassessments for now, set the 2026 assessment level at 95% of market value, and move to Tyler Technologies' enterprise assessment system with an anticipated July 1, 2027 go-live.

The county assessor reported staffing and workload pressures and a temporary pause in the annual reassessment program to stabilize operations and complete a conversion to a new assessment database.

The assessor said the office's staff had fallen from about 20 to 10 when workload increased; the office is currently about 14 staff and has added roughly 3,600 parcels to its workload. "We went down to 10 without any reduction in our workload,…

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