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LaSalle County assessor warns many township assessors are behind on quadrennial work; board discusses enforcement and hiring
Summary
Chief county assessment officer Abby Craft told the committee that several township assessors have completed only a small fraction of required quadrennial reassessments, and the board discussed enforcement mechanisms under 35 ILCS 216/20–90 and options including hiring county staff to assist.
Abby Craft, LaSalle County’s chief county assessment officer, told the committee on April 21 that the county’s final multiplier for the 2025 tax year is 1 and that county staff have begun a review of township assessment completion ahead of the 2027 quadrennial reassessment. Craft presented township completion percentages and said some townships have completed well under the expected portion of work; examples cited by board members included townships at 6–13% completion while others like LaSalle and Ottawa exceeded 80%.
"If certain townships continue down the path that they have been on for many years, we will need to…
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