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Iowa County |
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Laura Jean Blotz
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| Title |
Tax Description Department |
| Address |
221 N. Iowa Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533 |
| Telephone |
(608) 935-0310 |
| Fax |
(608) 935-3024 |
| Office Hours |
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
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| About You:
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About your office:
The Tax Description
Department is a separate office located within the Treasurer’s Office.
This position is under the general supervision of the County
Treasurer’s Office. I am the only employee within this department.
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be
construed as exclusive or all inclusive. Other duties may be required
and assigned.
• Check over, correct and make changes as submitted by the assessors.
Check parcel number, school district and other real estate tax related
codes such as tax incremental, forest land, sewer district, lake
management, etc.
• Operates computer to record changes to assessment/tax roll
information. Updates maps to reflect changes in ownership, boundaries,
annexations, subdivisions and highways.
• Coordinates printing of assessment rolls, work books and all related
reports.
• Researches ownership, boundary, tax-related questions and provides
answers to assessors, realtors, attorneys, abstractors, appraisers,
prospective landowners, lending institutions, general public,
municipal clerks and treasurers, County staff, County Treasurer and
State personnel.
• Attends and participates in Land Information Office meetings.
• Reviews and maintains current information regarding new laws and
regulations relating to the operation of the office.
• Updates address changes as they occur.
• Maintains and updates the physical addresses on the parcels based on
the 911 numbering systemThe Iowa County Office of Planning and Development-Land Records
Department is responsible for the Geographic Information System (GIS).
We have two staff members within the department, a GIS Coordinator and
a GIS Technician. The Coordinator is responsible for determining the
needs of the County and what should be added to the County’s GIS
system. The Technician is responsible for parcel maintenance, zoning
mapping and product requests.
All parcel data is mapped by cogoing in Microstation 95. ArcView is
sued to print product requests. Currently, 50% of the county is parcel
mapped to December 31, 2001 data. It is our goal to be mapping
documents recorded in 2002 by October 2002 and continuing maintenance
from that point on. Also, in April 2002, the county had new
orthophotography completed throughout the county with higher
resolution then the original orthophotography project in 1995.
It is our goal to have the County’s GIS system available through an
Intranet system by September 2002. This system would be available only
to County departments and a client access terminal located in the
Courthouse only. After a test run of the system, future projects may
include subscription services to data and internet service. |
| About your county:
Iowa County is a rural county comprised of two cities, 14
townships and 13 villages. |
County Facts:
| Population |
23,639 |
Year of Population |
2004 |
| Area (sq miles) |
761 |
Tax Parcels |
37,185 |
| Equalized Value |
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