Cook County, Illinois, Signs $30 Million Contract with Tyler Technologies for Integrated Property Tax Solution

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Cook County, Illinois, has signed a $30 million agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc. TYL for its iasWorld^® appraisal and tax administration software solution. The integrated solution will replace 40-year-old technology used by the county's offices of the assessor, clerk, treasurer, board of review, and Department of Geographic Information Systems.

"Tyler's integrated property tax system is a landmark collaboration effort for the county's property agencies," said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. "The old property tax system, supported by 1970's-era mainframe applications, has performed reliably and remarkably well for 40 years, but it has reached the end of its usable service life. It's high time we bring this technology into the 21st century."

Tyler's iasWorld solution will provide Cook County with improved workflow processes and data analytics, as well as better data accuracy and increased transparency for public-facing services. The county expects to re-engineer and automate more than 60 business processes by eliminating standalone systems and providing a single view of each property record by accessing a single PIN; currently each agency maintains separate records with different identification numbers.

"I firmly believe it is essential to modernize the legacy system that performs one of the core functions of the county — the administration of property taxes," said Cook County Clerk David Orr. "My office looks forward to giving taxpayers greater access to delinquent property tax records, providing local taxing districts with a sophisticated two-way communication portal and realizing increased government efficiency."

Cook County conducted a competitive review process that included client reference checks before selecting Tyler. The rigorous review resulted in selecting iasWorld to serve as the central database system for the county's 1.8 million real estate parcels and all the related data behind each parcel from the agencies using the property tax system. The contract includes software licenses, implementation, maintenance and support.

"The Assessor's Office is pleased to be part of this collaborative effort as it brings together county agencies for added efficiency," said Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios. "Tyler's iasWorld software will improve assessment, valuation, collection and other property tax operations, as well as save taxpayer dollars. And the public portal makes the Assessor's Office even more accessible."

"We've modernized the Treasurer's Office systems in order to provide efficiencies to the public, all while working around a 40-year-old county mainframe system. The future for the property tax system has been calling for a long time and at last we are answering," said Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. "By integrating the real estate offices, we will achieve higher levels of operational efficiencies that will allow us to provide even greater services to the people."

The county selected multiple Tyler software solutions to meet its property tax administration needs, including iasWorld CAMA™, iasWorld Tax™, iasWorld Field Mobile™ for collecting and reviewing information in the field, iasWorld Public Access™ for online access to property and tax data and Tyler Content Manager™. Cook County will also benefit from Tyler's evergreen licensing approach that provides significant, yet manageable, software enhancements without an additional relicensing fee, ensuring all solutions are using the latest technology.

"We are proud to partner with Cook County on this project to implement a long-term, integrated property tax system that will modernize property tax processes across all agencies and increase operational efficiencies," said Andrew D. Teed, president of Tyler's Appraisal & Tax Division. "We have decades of experience providing software and services to large jurisdictions like Cook County, and we know that our success depends on the success of our clients. We look forward to helping the county realize its goals for a modern, integrated property tax system that provides increased efficiencies and public accessibility."

Cook County has more than 800 local government units and a population of 5.3 million. The county, with 128 municipalities, is the second most populous county in the U.S. and it has the 19th largest government. Chicago, the third most populous city in the U.S., is the county seat. Cook County collects more than $12 billion in annual revenue.

About Tyler Technologies, Inc.

Tyler Technologies TYL is a leading provider of end-to-end information management solutions and services for local governments. Tyler partners with clients to empower the public sector — cities, counties, schools and other government entities — to become more efficient, more accessible and more responsive to the needs of citizens. Tyler's client base includes more than 13,000 local government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and other international locations. Forbes has named Tyler one of "America's Best Small Companies" eight times and the company has been included six times on the Barron's 400 Index, a measure of the most promising companies in America. More information about Plano-based Tyler Technologies can be found at www.tylertech.com.

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