Wisconsin Real Property Listers Association

About the 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 system.

The 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 the City/ County: Iowa County is a rural county comprised of two cities, 14 townships and 13 villages.