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Bradley County assessor seeks higher reappraisal budget, cites aerial imagery and indexing to speed work
Summary
Bradley County Assessor Stanley told the finance committee he needs a substantially larger reappraisal budget to pay for two-year indexing, updated aerial imagery and automation that he said will reduce fieldwork; Mayor Davis and commissioners pressed for options to phase a quoted 64% increase to avoid near-term revenue shortfalls.
Bradley County Assessor Stanley told the county finance committee on April 16 that his office plans to adopt two-year indexing and to use updated aerial photography and automated data ingestion to speed property reappraisals and reduce field visits.
“...we rely on those things daily. We like to get them updated first here. It saves my field for tons of just driving out to...we can actually zoom in on a shed, tell you the exact measurements of it and tell whether it's open or closed without driving out to a property,” Stanley said, explaining how imagery and automated feeds will cut manual work and shorten the update cycle.
Why it matters: Stanley said the approach is intended to modernize the county appraisal system and make assessments more precise, but commissioners flagged the…
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