Town of Bennington

Assessor’s Office

Kandace S. Wittmeyer (716) 864-3442

NYS Advanced Certified Assessor

To: Honorable Town Board Members 1/17/2007

From: Kandace S. Wittmeyer, Assessor

Subject: 2006 year end summary

The following is a brief summary of the assessment activities for year 2006. The Assessment process is a dynamic one with the assessment calendar beginning in July, therefore some of the activities performed during the year 2006 actually were attributed to roll years 2006 and 2007.

Exemption renewals mailed: 391

New Star Exemptions Mailed: 64

Exemption Reminder Phone Calls: 67

Exemptions received and processed: 466 ( includes some exemptions for 2007 roll)

Inventory Verifications/Corrections: 217 parcels were reviewed, verified and corrected either by right-of- way inspection, or confirmation with the homeowner.

Assessment Changes: 190 parcels had assessment changes in 2006

Sales: 39 sales were processed, verified and updated

Names and Addresses Corrections and Updates: 66

Splits and Merges : 23 processed resulting in 20 additional parcels

New Value Added: 1,020,282 or an equalized value of 1,925,061

Bank Code Changes: 60

Star Rebates Processed: 20

Income Verification Applications: 10

The RPS system was significantly upgraded and I purchased my own laptop to run the live file on and gave my old computer to Kari which was an upgrade to what she had. Also installed a drawing software so that new construction can be added to version 4.

Started adding digital photos to Version 4.

Successfully completed 60 credit hours of continuing Education, with 30 of those hours directly required for the Town of Bennington. The other 30 credit hours were dedicated to working towards a higher designation.

Meetings: Attended Legislative Action Day, Wyoming County Assessors’ meetings when scheduling permitted, Rps version 4 user group meetings, Pre-decisional collaborative meeting, settled a lawsuit with Verizon focused on a minimal impact to the Town of Bennington. Assisted in applying the Water District on the roll.

Please feel free to contact me at anytime with any questions that you may have with respect to this or any other assessment matter. As always, I consider it my privilege to serve as your Assessor.