Troy Township Candidates
Township Assessor: Pat Gabrielson
The function of the Assessor's Office is to determine actual value of real property (The price you would expect to receive if you sold your home), while maintaining equity (Equal treatment) between properties. This is determined by what occurs in the marketplace, the buying and selling of property by the public. The Supervisor of Assessments and the Board of Review may use multipliers to bring the assessments of townships county-wide up to the State mandated 33 1/3 percent of market value. The demand for monies by the taxing bodies results in TAXES . The taxing bodies are listed on your tax bill with their portion of the tax dollars.
The Office of the Assessor is the only elected position that has statutory, pre-election requirements. In Troy Township the candidate must obtain the Certified Illinois Assessing Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute (CIAO). Incumbent elected assessors must complete continuing education requirements before they can run for re-election.
The assessor’s responsibilities include the mass appraisal of all taxable property within the township. Mass appraisal requires the assessor to perform three fundamental yet vital duties:
- Discover, list and value all new construction within the jurisdiction
- Ensure that existing property is valued at the appropriate statutory level of market value
- Assure that similar property is valued in a uniform manner
PATRICIA A. GABRIELSON is a lifelong resident of Troy Township. She has been associated with the Troy Township Assessor’s Office since 1982 and has served as Assessor since 1995. Becoming a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer in 1990 and receiving the advanced designation of CIAO/I in 1995, she has completed over 500 hours of assessment and appraisal courses through the Illinois Property Assessment Institute, the Illinois Department of Revenue and the International Association of Assessing Officers. Organizational memberships include Township Officials of Illinois; Illinois Assessor’s Association; Will County Assessor’s Association for which she served as president for two years. Pat is married and has four adult children and four grandchildren.
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