DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is technical work involving responsibility for tax maps maintained by the county. Work is performed in accordance with policies determined by the Director of Real Property Tax Services I and/or the County Treasurer permitting some latitude for organizing and administering the work. Does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:
Supervises the work of technical employees in the real property tax service agency;
Supervises and participates in searching records and deeds to establish the basis for transfer of properties;
Supervises and assists in plotting and mapping changes in property lines from deeds, wills, court petitions, foreclosures, surveys and maps filed in the County Clerk’s Office; using digital mapping tools;
Provides copies of current tax maps to local assessors, the County Clerk, Treasurer and other designated officials;
Gives information to public regarding tax maps;
Reviews deeds, wills, court petitions, surveys and maps filed in the County Clerk’s Office to determine the changes that will occur in property lines;
Reviews deeds to determine whether changes are necessary in tax maps;
Supervises the maintenance of maps, records and other files;
Reconciles and integrates new data with pre-existing digital base map files;
Consults and cooperates with local assessors in resolving parcel boundary problems;
Receives tax payments and conducts tax searches;
Processes Certificates of Residency and any other related items as required by the County Treasurer or Director of Real Property Tax Services I.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND/OR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: : Good knowledge of the principles, tools and materials used in digital tax map preparation and maintenance; good knowledge of office management, terminology, practices and equipment; good knowledge of deeds and other property records; ability to read, revise and interpret tax maps; ability to interpret and analyze parcel description data; ability to get along with others; good judgment; initiative, integrity; accuracy; good knowledge of basic mathematics and plane geometry as applied to drafting computations; working knowledge of geographical information system application to plotting property lines; ability to correctly identify and transfer property lines to maps from descriptions in deeds and other documents; ability to reproduce maps at various scales; ability to perform close, detail work involving considerable visual effort and concentration; ability to participate in tax map digital conversion projects; ability to review and analyze digital tax map data files for compliance with NYS Rules and Regulations for Real Property Tax Administration; ability to integrate and analyze spatial and non-spatial data files in GIS applications; ability to train staff and other users in GIS software and applications; ability to assist in GIS application development, the acquisition and distribution of digital spatial data files and the maintenance of GIS metadata; ability to use GIS software.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: : Graduation from high school or possession of an appropriate equivalency diploma recognized by the NYS Department of Education, AND EITHER:
- Graduation from a regionally accredited or NYS registered two year college with an Associate’s degree in Engineering, Architectural Technology or Computer Systems and Networking AND three (3) years of full-time paid experience in an office supplying real property tax assessment services, in a position providing opportunity for learning techniques for identifying and plotting property parcels;
OR - Five years of full-time paid experience in an office supplying real property tax assessment services, in a position providing opportunity for learning techniques for identifying and plotting property parcels;
OR - Any equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of 1 or 2 above.