McHenry Township assessment department has another CIAO (Certified Illinois Assessing Officer) staff member. Jessica Rogers began employment with our office in April 2007 and by August 2008 Jessica had earned her CIAO certification.

What this means for McHenry Township residents is that you have fully qualified, professional, educated people working on your assessments. This is one job where you want the people working on your assessment to be educated. While the assess-ment is not directly* responsible for your real estate tax bill we are well aware that our work does have an impact on the financial responsibilities of property owners.

It takes a new hire employee a full year to be exposed to the variety of situations and problems that arises to be comfortable in their own skills to handle certain things by themselves.

As the assessor, I’m only as good as the people I work with and I’m very proud of each and every one of my staff members. Congratulations Jessica on a job well done!

*Each taxing body passes an operating budget (levy). Their financial needs are responsible for the actual amounts paid by the property owners.

Carol Perschke is the 2008 recipient of the Illinois Property Assessment Institute’s Marshall Theroux Award.  Carol was presented with a plaque at the Illinois Property Assessment Institute’s 50^th Annual Spring Conference held in Springfield.

Carol Perschke has been Assessor for McHenry Township since 1995. Since then, the assessment office has been converted from a manually functioning office to a fully computerized system. A web-site with on-line property search for accessing assessment information has been created. Customer service is of utmost importance.