Penn Township Assessor, St. Joseph County
The Township Assessor is responsible for assessing the value of real and personal property within the township for property tax purposes, maintaining assessment records, and helping ensure property is assessed consistently with state law. Township Assessors are elected to four-year terms and may serve an unlimited number of terms.
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Cherie DeFreese
(Rep)
What qualifications, certifications, and experience do you bring to the role of township assessor, and what training or credentials do you believe are necessary to perform this job effectively?
How will you ensure property assessments in the township are fair, accurate, and applied consistently to similar properties, while complying with Indiana law and state assessment guidelines?
Within the township assessor’s role, what steps would you take to reduce avoidable errors in initial assessments and help prevent unnecessary property tax appeals?
How would you improve transparency and communication with residents, so they better understand their property assessments, recent changes in value, and the review and appeals process?
Indiana requires annual reassessment of property values. How will you ensure properties in the township are appropriately reviewed and updated each year based on factors such as sales data, building permits, and property changes?
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