Assessor Tammy appeared by phone to ask the Board of Commissioners to approve a new online parcel-mapping service that would allow the public, realtors and appraisers to view parcel maps and property information online.

Tammy said the county has attempted to add online mapping through its current tax software vendor but that the vendor's GIS department has not supported the feature. She described a subscription-based solution used by neighboring counties and provided a cost breakdown: a quoted one-time platform setup figure (presented in discussion as approximately $18,007.29), a recurring subscription charge (discussed in the meeting as roughly $5,053), and a migration/onboarding cost the vendor estimated in a range of $1,000 to $5,000. Tammy said the migration figure is an estimate and could be as low as $1,000.

Commissioners asked whether publishing parcel maps could create privacy concerns or be used by criminals; staff and Tammy noted that similar public systems (for example Google Maps or county GIS sites in other counties) are already publicly accessible and that the assessor's service would present the same kinds of property and parcel information that staff currently use in-office.

The board did not take final action; staff will return with contract details and confirm the recurring cost structure.

Provenance:
- topicintro: transcript block 5535.085 ("So we've gotten to your category, and I was gonna let you kind of explain to the board. So just the charges wise, what she's asking for is to be able to put our maps on the Internet.")
- topicfinish: transcript block 6389.465 ("Do you have any other questions or Tammy on the mapping? Okay. Alright, Tammy. I'll let you go. We're just kinda going through all the stuff, and then they're gonna go back and make their decisions.")