Assessor

Responsibilities

• Determine and maintain assessments, property inventory records, ownership interests, exemptions and maps on the 1587 City parcels.
• Produce the Tentative and Final Tax Rolls for the City on a yearly basis.
• Assist taxpayers in completing the following exemptions:  Seniors, Alternative Veterans, Enhanced STAR, Basic STAR, Disability and Wholly exempt.
• Provide the City of Mechanicville and the Mechanicville City School District with the total assessed taxable values which is required to determine the tax rate for each taxing jurisdiction.
• Defend the City's assessment roll in cases involving the Board of Assessment Review, Small Claims Hearings and Certiorari Proceedings.