Committee pushes for integrated PILOT database, single application and assessor collaboration

Sep 19, 2024

Members and presenters urged building an integrated PILOT database, creating a single-source application form and standardizing parcel IDs with the assessor to improve oversight and enable accurate measurements of foregone tax revenue.

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Committee members and presenters agreed the primary barrier to meaningful PILOT oversight is data fragmentation: PILOT reports exist as PDFs with inconsistent parcel identifiers, the trustee uses contract billing numbers separate from assessor IDs, and extensions are tracked manually without a central dashboard.

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