From the Shelbyville News:
The county assessor's office needs help completeting a state-mandated audit -- and assessment -- in the next five years.
Shelby County Commissioners opened bids for an outside company to complete the project at Monday's meeting that includes identifying trends, collecting land value data and conducting ratio studies, which compare price per square foot of different properties.
"There's a re-assessment that's done in every county every five years," Shelby County Assessor Anne Thurston said.
It is very labor-intensive and complex work, she said, and the current assessor's staff cannot handle the extra burden.
"I'm the only one who's had the training in my office," Thurston said. "They do a lot of work."
Tyler Technologies of Texas sent in a bid for $125,900 per year $629,500 over five years. A bid for $137,850 per year came from the Nexus Group out of Zionsville, for a total of $689,250 over five years. GnA Assessment Professionals of Greensburg submitted a bid for $123,000 per year, for $615,000 total.
After reviewing the bids, Thurston will make her recommendation and the commissioners will award the contract at their May 14 meeting.
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