Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Two Page Report Regarding Streamlining Property Tax Procedures Cost County $6,000

"For its $6,000, the county received a report that appears to be two pages in length. Or four, depending on who you ask.
The report -- not officially released but obtained in two-page form last week by The Walker/Roysdon Report -- not only cost taxpayers a startling amount per page but seemed to be short on solutions.
County officials have been vocal about the conflicting software systems used among the offices of county assessor, treasurer and auditor. The software doesn't play well with others and officials seem stumped as to what to do, which certainly is a problem.
Twenty of the two-page report's 27 paragraphs recap the problem and seven paragraphs offer recommendations along the lines of "perform a more detailed analysis" and "facilitate a discussion" between companies offering the two types of software."

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012202190329