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Recommendation 6: The Real Property Tax Division should consider justifying its <br /> funding requests on a program or activity basis to better enable expenditures to be <br /> related to results. 2 <br /> Recommendation 7: The Real Property Tax Division should prepare an estimate of <br /> the number and allocation of the staff it needs. 3 <br /> Recommendation 8: The Real Property Tax Division should deploy its appraisers <br /> on a task, property type, and a market area basis, rather than the current geographically <br /> based zone basis. <br /> Recommendation 9: The Real Property Tax Division should state performance expectations <br /> clearly and institute the necessary internal controls to provide assurance <br /> that performance is in line with standards. <br /> Recommendation 10: The Real Property Tax Division should assess the interest and <br /> needs of appraisers in further education in mass appraisal and property tax administration <br /> and develop a program to offer courses designed to meet those needs. Consider <br /> establishing continuing education programs for appraisers. <br /> Recommendation 11: The Council should provide the Real Property Tax Division <br /> with funds to upgrade the current version of the ias system. That the Division develop <br /> a plan to fully incorporate spatial analyses and other GIS capabilities in its operations <br /> and that oblique imagery be reviewed as part of the Division's property inspection program. <br /> Recommendation 12: The Council should require the Finance Department to conduct <br /> a review of IAAO ratio study performance standards and adopt standards for <br /> appraisal level and both horizontal and vertical uniformity. Consider dedicating appraisal <br /> staff resources to correcting deficiencies when they are discovered. <br /> Recommendation 13: The Real Property Tax Division should consider and implement <br /> a more definitive system for reviewing sales deemed invalid. This is needed to <br /> ensure consistent decision-making regarding determination of sales validity. <br /> 2 See Assessment Practices: Self-Evaluation Guide, pp. 13-14. <br /> 3 See Assessment Practices:Self-Evaluation Guide, pp. 11-13. <br /> xvi <br />