By Eric Betz | Arizona Daily Sun
Posted with permission
The Coconino County Assessor’s Office wants to hire a private aerial imaging company to take high-resolution pictures of every home in the county.
Their aim is efficiency. The office, which appraises commercial and residential buildings and lands, is also tasked by the Arizona Department of Revenue with occasionally reviewing every single property to ensure accurate records.
But in the nation’s second-largest county — with an average of just seven people per square mile — that task is nearly impossible. The office has just 15 appraisers, and that small staff can’t easily review the 75,000 parcels ranging from Forest Lakes to Fredonia and Kaibab Estates West to Flagstaff.
