Assessor recommends Vanguard CAMA to replace CPT, estimates $17,202.50/year and $11,655 conversion

Nov 4, 2025

Lincoln County Assessor Shirly Abear told the board moving from CPT CAMA to Vanguard would digitize field work and provide updated tables; she cited a five-year cost of $17,202.50 per year and an $11,655 conversion fee, asking the board to consider the proposal and consult peer counties.

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Lincoln County Assessor Shirly Abear presented a proposal to replace the county's CPT CAMA system with Vanguard to streamline property-assessment workflows and permit field-tablet access to parcel data. "A CAMA system is software used by local governments or assessors to value large numbers of properties for property tax assessment," Abear said, and she described Vanguard as a more user-friendly, point-and-click option compared with the county's current green-screen CPT product.

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