Course Description: 
This course will demystify the fundamentals of municipal assessment and the assessment process.  Learn about assessment best practices and how to approach assessment disputes. Learn about the different assessment classes, assessment calculation basics, tax rate bylaw math, and assessment challenges.

Explaining municipal assessment to stakeholders can be a challenge.  Learn how to use common language to support engagement related to assessment education with council and the public and how it affects the budget process.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn the fundamentals of the assessment process.
• Learn assessment best practices in relation to municipal assessment and how to approach assessment disputes.
• Learn about the different assessment classes and how to strategically apply mill rates to overcome short and long-term budget challenges.
• How assessments are arrived at for residential properties.
• Learn the fundamentals behind tax rate bylaws and the relationship between assessment fluctuations and mill rates.
• Learn about the assessment challenge process for residential and business/industrial/linear properties.
• How to use common language to support engagement related to assessment education with council and the public.

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Currently available ON DEMAND

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