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Real Property Tax Committee approves higher fees for tax maps, sets GIS charges
Summary
The committee approved raising public tax map reproduction fees from $6 to $10, increasing town per-sheet fees from $1 to $2, and establishing GIS fees of $50 per municipality and $1,000 for countywide access; the change was presented as part of budget revenue updates and passed at the April 8 meeting.
The Real Property Tax Committee voted April 8 to raise reproduction fees for county tax maps and to establish a schedule for geographic information system (GIS) fees.
Anna, a county staff member, proposed increasing the public paper tax map fee from $6 (she said it has been $6 since 1991) to $10 and doubling the per-sheet paper fee provided to towns from $1 to $2. She said the county will continue to provide PDFs free to municipalities so they can view and print maps in-house. On GIS access, Anna proposed charging $50 per municipality and $1,000 for countywide access, noting those amounts are comparable to what some neighboring counties charge.
"The fee for the public for tax map has been $6 since 1991. So I'm asking for an increase to $10 for that," Anna said. She added that many towns request additional paper copies even though maps are available online and as PDFs.
A staff member speaking in support of the proposal tied the change to the county's budget process and revenue-review effort, saying departments were asked to examine revenue inputs and that early results show some increases after similar adjustments in other departments. "This initiative is supported by this office as part of our budget process for this year," the staff member said.
Committee members pressed Anna on how often municipalities seek extra paper sets and why paper copies remain in demand; Anna reiterated that the county offers free PDFs and that other counties have moved largely to electronic distribution. Anna also described the county's procurement responses for map production: Gar Associates quoted roughly $6,000 to $6,500, and a second respondent was recorded in the transcript as offering $2,235,000; the transcript does not clarify that second figure.
A committee member moved to adopt the fee schedule; the motion was seconded and the chair called the question. The chair recorded the motion as passed. The meeting record does not list individual roll-call votes or identify the seconding member by name.
The committee then had no further business and adjourned.
