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any proof that there is finished basement or guessing at the number of bathrooms, bedrooms or anything else
without reason is not something that professional assessors are well-advised to do.
Alderman Jette
So your answer is you do need legislation to give you more authority.
Attorney Bolton
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Yes, we might want to do more frequent assessments. If we do this full measure and list over 3 years which is
about as quickly as it can get done, that would enable us to undertake a new revaluation in 3 years if we want
to. But it does take time to do that inspection because you’ve got to put a lot of people out in the field. It is an
expensive exercise but it does help to achieve equity and certainly a better perception of equity. So | think the
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that would be cheaper than hiring someone to come in and do it all at once or hiring somebody to do it every
year, you know a part of it every year. But that’s something | think we ought to look at.
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Attorney Bolton
They could have been listed, they don’t have the authority to hire and fire for example, but they have the
authority to overrule the recommendations of the staff | think they do so advisedly when they do. But they are
not merely a rubber stamp either. They work with the professional staff to arrive at proper assessments and
proper decisions on abatement requests.
Ms. Kleiner
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Mayor Donchess
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Ms. Kleiner
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Steven Bolton, Corporation Counsel
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done. | remember when | spoke to you it was basically | think they told me that it was a click of a button and the
information went to you. Would this permit fall into this new admin services or will it stay where it is?
Ms. Kleiner
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was talking about dual entry; if we put the abatements in Admins and we put the abatements in the AssessPro
we are constantly trying to make sure and validate that both systems have the same data.
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