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Assessor's Office recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute the Order Form amending perpetual agreement 6345 with Just Appraised, Inc. to add front desk email management software tools in the annual amount of $11,748 increasing the total contract annual amount to $61,748 and extending the initial agreement term from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, to July 1, 2023, to September 30, 2026; and
2) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 6345, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not alter compensation.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On March 15, 2022, Legistar file 22-0248, the Assessor's Office received approval from the Board of Supervisors to purchase Just Appraised, a real estate verification platform from Just Appraised, Inc. in the amount of $51,000. The first year’s payment of the software support services costs were included in the original contract price.
On June 6, 2023, Legistar file 23-0899, the Assessor's Office received approval from the Board of Supervisors for the continuance of the perpetual agreement 6345 for $50,000, for the term July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026, for real estate verification software. The software from Just Appraised employs OCR technology to read text, extract key information, and automatically populate the required fields in the Megabyte property system during the property transfer process. This automation not only saves staff time but also improves accuracy and efficiency in processing transfers.
Just Appraised, Inc. is at the forefront of streamlining the workflow for real property change in ownerships and transfer recordings conducted in the Recorder's Office and processed in the Assessor's Office. The Just Appraised, Inc. software technology, reads the information from the recordings and auto-populates key information in the Assessor's Office Property Tax System, Megabyte. Just A...
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