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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with Perry & Co., LLC for Administration Services of the Assessing Department ($85,114.00)
Memorandum
The prior City Assessor retired in April 2018. Since that time, the Deputy Assessor has served as the interim City Assessor. During that time the City engaged in recruiting efforts for a permanent City Assessor but was unable to finalize employment with a credentialed candidate. Recruiting an MMAO is difficult in Michigan because there are both few in number and they typically do not like to change locations when they're in the process of preparing an assessment roll for another community. This makes the ideal time to recruit an assessor to be April through August timeframe. Since this window has passed for 2018, staff is pursuing alternative plans to support the City during the upcoming assessment season.
The City Assessor is responsible for the preparation of an assessment roll of all property in the City and placing a value, in accordance with law, upon all taxable property, both real and personal. The assessor is also responsible for administering all aspects of the City's Assessing Department under the administrative oversight of the Chief Financial Officer.
The department's workload varies throughout the year and September is the start of significantly increased workload as it relates to state-required responsibilities. In order to properly support delivery of the department's services, staff believes an outside firm should be engaged to provide oversight and assistance in the required activities of the department.
The full-time recruiting process resulted in the City becoming aware of a local firm Perry and Associates, which has Mark Perry as a principle. Mr. Perry is experienced in the field of property valuation and has had MMAO (or level 4) certification for more than two decades.
Staff recommends contracting with Perry & Co., LLC to have Mark Perry fulfill the role of City ...
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