2022 Notes

This page is used to log the annual assessing process as it relates to the assessing online app.

Assessing Team

Nicholas Ariniello (nick) - Commissioner Francis Gavin (Fran) - Assessing PO Arlande StLouis

Related Apps

• asp/IIS cityofboston.gov (front-end for assessing-online)

• MSSQL Database (contains valuations data)

• Assessing Dept Access Database (Staging Database)

• Munis

• Tyler (aka Patriot) (aka Camea)

Annual Calendar

01 - 31 December: - Assessing Dept loads data (inventory) into Munis in prep for next calendar year, - (Fran) Uploads data (mainly from Munis) into Access Database, - (Assessing Dept) Verifies data (valuations + property attributes) in Access Database, - (Fran) Generates property valuations.

01 January: - (Assessing Dept) Finalize fiscal values and ownership, - (Digital) Online Database updated from Access Database and published to website, - (Assessing Dept) Opening of property-owner "Apply for Exemptions" and "Appeal Valuation" periods.

01 February: - Close of "Appeal Valuation" period, - (Digital) ensure form is removed from Assessing on-line app, - no Online DB Updates at this time.

01 April: - Close of "Apply for Exemptions" period, - (Digital) ensure form is removed from Assessing on-line app, - No Online DB updates at this time.

01 July: - (Assessing Dept) updates Access Database, no changes to valuations just existing inventory attributes and addition of new properties, - (Digital) Online Database updated from Access Database and published to website.

Other Information

There are approx 176,000 tax bills (aka Parcels) (aka Inventory Items) (aka Properties)

Assessing Online (AOL) Maintenance