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SECTION C -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE
REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT
PROGRAM MISSION: To provide for fair
taxation of Arlington property.
The Real Estate Assessment
program is responsible for making annual appraisals of all real property in
Arlington County (except for state assessed public service corporation
property, railroad and pipeline property); notifying owners of assessments;
maintaining a record of property ownership; responding to inquiries concerning
assessment procedures; conducting administrative reviews of assessments;
defending assessments before the Board of Equalization; and providing
assistance to the County Attorney for legal defense of assessments.
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Real Estate Assessment
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FY 2004
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FY 2005
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FY 2006
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'05 to '06
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Personnel
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$1,483,683
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$1,561,236
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$1,624,681
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4%
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Non-Personnel
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173,439
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151,848
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148,458
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-2%
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Subtotal
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1,657,122
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1,713,084
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1,773,139
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4%
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Intra-County Charges
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Total Expenditures
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1,657,122
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1,713,084
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1,773,139
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4%
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Fees
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2,865
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3,000
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3,000
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-
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Total Revenues
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2,865
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3,000
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3,000
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-
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Net Tax Support
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$1,654,257
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$1,710,084
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$1,770,139
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4%
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Authorized FTEs
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21.0
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21.0
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21.0
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Funded FTEs
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21.0
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21.0
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21.0
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SIGNIFICANT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS:
- Increase in personnel costs ($63,445) to fully
fund steps and benefits for eligible employees.
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Decrease in non-personnel costs due to a decrease in
telephone charges for the agency ($3,390).
PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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CY
2002
Actual
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CY
2003
Actual
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CY
2004
Actual
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CY
2005
Estimate
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CY
2006
Estimate
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CY
2006
Goal
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Mission
Outcome Measures
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Assessment/Sale Ratio
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.835
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.861
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.851
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.90
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.90
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.90
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Coefficient of
Dispersion
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.10
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.10
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.10
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.10
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.10
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.10
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Price related differential (PRD)
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1.01
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1.01
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1.01
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1.01
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1.01
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1.01
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| Customer Measures |
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Percent of customer requests fulfilled within established
timeframes
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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90%
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90%
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100%
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Percent of property information requests fulfilled within
the same business day
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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100%
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100%
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100%
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Percent of ownership changes posted within 2 weeks of
recording
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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99%
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99%
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100%
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Workload Measures
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Real property tax base (in billions)
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$27.2
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$37.1
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$35.5
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$42.0
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$44.7
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$44.7
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Number of parcels appraised
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58,089
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58,850
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59,006
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59,231
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60,000
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60,000
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Number of parcels inspected
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3,000
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3,000
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3,680
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5,000
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5,000
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6,000
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Number of Board of Equalization appeals
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323
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266
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163
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250
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250
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250
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Number of parcels reviewed
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851
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648
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620
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700
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700
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700
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Deeds and wills reviewed by Real Estate staff
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7,249
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7,970
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7,960
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8,000
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8,000
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8,000
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The price related
differential (PRD) measures assessment equity between low-value and high-value
properties. Acceptable values of the
PRD range from 0.98 to 1.03.
FUTURE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS:
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Integrating the real estate assessment data base with
County information systems, installing contemporary document management
technologies, and developing fully the computer assisted mass appraisal (CAMA)
system to build a comprehensive computer assisted assessment system (CAAS) will
require additional resources.
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The increasing complexity and volume of real estate
assessments will create the need for additional staff resources.
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The department is serving as a County prototype for an
electronic records management system which may require additional funds to
fully implement over the next several years.
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