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New Orleans expects flood of tax appeals
The council serves as the official "board of review" for owners' appeals of the valuations placed on their property by Assessor Erroll Williams ' office.
Anticipating that it could get as many as 6,500 appeals, the council advertised for proposals from firms ready to handle the torrent of complaints, all of which must be reviewed and decided in just a few weeks.
Since 2007, the first post-Katrina citywide reassessment year, the council has relied on the Frilot LLC law firm to coordinate the reviews, and that firm applied again, this time in conjunction with the consulting and data-processing firm GCR & Associates.
The only other proposal came from HGI Catastrophe Services, a Lutcher-based firm that took over running the state Road Home program's homeowner-assistance program in early 2009, replacing the widely criticized ICF International.
HGI is an arm of Hammerman & Gainer Inc., which provides a variety of third-party administrative services and project management services. In 2008, it handled reviews for the Louisiana Tax Commission of appeals by New Orleans property owners unhappy with the decisions that Frilot-hired appraisers and the council made on their initial assessment appeals.
After hearing from representatives of both firms at its meeting Thursday, the council held a brief executive session and then voted 5-0 to choose HGI, although it did not actually accept that company's proposal. Instead, the council authorized its interim chief of staff, Evelyn Pugh, to negotiate a contract with HGI at what council members hope will be a cheaper price than that proposed by the firm.
Councilman-at-large Arnie Fielkow , speaking for the council, said it was a "difficult decision" because both bidders were "very well-qualified firms with outstanding people." The "overriding factor" in choosing HGI, he said, was the fact its proposed price was significantly lower than that sought by Frilot, although the law firm later submitted a revised proposal reducing its price.
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of New Orleans property owners seeing increases in the assessed value of their land and buildings this year, the New Orleans City Council is bracing itself for a flood of appeals, perhaps even more than the record number it received in 2007.
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