MAAP UPDATE

2022 MAAP Summer Conference

Another year has come and gone but there are so many exciting things to come with the New Year! The MAAP Board made the decision to cancel the 2022 Winter Meeting that was to take place at McLeod County this year due to the low number of attendees. The main topic that was to be discussed was Sales Verification. Even though there are many Counties & Cities where their Front Staff/Clerical Support do not work directly with the Sales Verification, this training still would have beneficial for all. I believe this would help us understand more of “what’s behind the scenes” and help better our knowledge to help homeowners. I would like to give a big shout out to McLeod County for volunteering to host the Winter Meeting. The gals that worked on getting this together did an AMAZING job! Jodi Sell and Brenda Schaefer were the gals that had put everything together! Their hard work did not go unknown! Thank you again for volunteering to host! A BIG thanks goes out to Jessi Glancey as she helped McLeod County with the meeting topic. We would also like to thank Gale Zimmerman, as he was going to present the topic!

Written by Jenna Takemoto Washington County MAAP President 2020 – 2026

The annual Summer Conference was held on August 18th – 19th, 2022 at Courtyard by Marriott Hotel & Event Center in Mankato, MN. We went back to our traditional ways as an in-person Conference.

Topics covered this year:

We will be looking for another County/City to host the 2023 Winter Meeting that is held on the First Friday in December; however, we may switch this Meeting to a different month as this is our “crunch” time. Should anyone have any suggestions, please reach out to someone on the MAAP Board! If you felt that holding this Meeting in the Spring was a better option – please let us know! We also created a “How To” for the Winter Meeting to help guide those that would like to volunteer!

• DOR Updates/Hot Topics – Updates on how the 2022 legislative session went, update on the changes that could be reintroduced in 2023, DOR staff updates, and an update on projects/policies DOR is working on.

By Jenna Takemoto

MAAP President

At this past 2022 Summer Seminars, there were some big changes that MAAP Members voted on. We, as the MAAP Board, revamped the By-Laws. There were new laws added in and some positions on the board were extended to 4 years instead of 2 years. We felt that if we extend those terms, will help us create more knowledge of MAAP! Since the new By-Laws were passed, we also updated the MAAP Officer & Duty Descriptions. Both had been sent out to every MAAP Member and County/City Assessor. If you did not receive this and would like a copy of it, please do not hesitate to reach out to any Board Member.

• Legal Descriptions – Presented by Josh Schoen, Rice County – This presentation is designed to help better understand legal descriptions. The discussion will include aliquot portions of a section, metes and bounds, platted lots, assumed bearings vs. county coordinate systems, strip descriptions, exceptions, area descriptions, riparian lots, Torrens vs. Abstract, and more.

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It was also voted on to Partner with MAAO! We are so excited to be working with MAAO! Huge shout out to Dave Parsons to presenting this at the Summer Seminars! From the feedback we received via survey & comment cards, many of the MAAP Members are also excited! Lacy Standke, Steele County, and I attended our first MAAO Board Meeting in November and we couldn’t be more excited! We look forward to working with MAAO! Another HUGE thank you to all the presented at the Summer Seminars! The DOR Staff was there to present updates and Hot Topics, Assessing the Person, & continuing to provide Online Tools, and Resources! Thank you to Josh Schoen, from Rice County. He presented Legal Descriptions! Finally, thank you to Annie Brooks for presenting eCRVs!

• Assessing the Person – This course includes a variety of topics related to personal data used by assessors’ offices when administering programs, homesteads, and classifications. The learner will have the opportunity to work through real life scenarios related to these classifications and programs. This course covers topics including: o Class 1b Residential Blind/Disabled Homestead o The Homestead Exclusion for Veteran's with a Disability program o Data Privacy

We could not be more grateful to have new Presenters! If you know of anyone or you would like to present at any of our MAAP Seminars/Meetings, please reach out to someone on the board! We would love to hear and learn from the guidance you provide!

Hot topics

I apologize as I was not able to make it. We had Covid hit our house and we wanted to make sure that we followed the guideline to ensure that no one else could get the virus as well.

Please remember that all MAAP Membership Fee/Renewal are due at the Summer Seminar. The MAAP Membership Fee/Renewal has increased to $25. Please also keep in mind that since we are making our way out of the pandemic, the industries that we work with have increased their costs as well. Pre-Covid there was more negotiating with venues. Since Covid hit, there is less wiggle room that they can negotiate with.

Duplicate homestead process – reporting, what we use it for and why, how counties should be using the information and what they should be doing with the information.

Multiple owners – application requirements, fractional homestead administration

As always, we encourage MAAP participation of all administrative & appraisal staff in each County/City to help further our training & education. With more doors being open, the networking has endless possibilities! It is always a benefit to hear from those and learn from others on the many ways there are to do our positions! The benefits are endless!

Exclusion calculation pecial PTR o Tax shift – related to values increasing/decreasing

Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Presented by Annie Brooks –This session will include an overview of what sales verification is, who does it, and why it’s important. We will also review the