Mid-Michigan Association of
Assessing Officers
Meeting schedule for 2017

January 11 - 10:00am at the Crowne Plaza Lansing, 925 S Creyts Rd, Lansing, MI 48917.  The
program will be a presentation by Heather Frick, Executive Director of the State Tax Commission who
will be providing an update on assessing issues.  Following the program and lunch, a 4 hour renewal
course will start at 12:30pm.  Details are available on the Events Calendar page.  Please RSVP by
January 3 with Gail Dolbee.

April 12 - 12:00pm to 2:30pm.  The location will be at the Air Zoo, 6151 Portage Rd, Portage MI
49002.Debby Ring will be speaking about MAA Education. Pasta Buffet Lunch, followed by Ms. Ring’s
presentation, MMAAO Meeting and an optional tour of Air Zoo.  More information and the reservation
forms are available on the Events Calendar page.   Please RSVP by April 5 with Gail Dolbee.

June  14 - MMAAO outing and meeting.  Outing starts at 8am.  Meeting and lunch start at 1pm   The
location will be at Centennial Acres, 12485 Dow Rd, Sunfield MI 48890.  Len Kutschman from the
State Tax Commission will make a presentation. A steak dinner will be the main course with a
vegetarian option available with advance notice and request.  More information and the reservation
forms are available on the Events Calendar page.   Please RSVP by June 9 with Gail Dolbee.

September 13 - 12:00pm at Coral Gables, 220 Water Street, Saugatuck, MI 49453.  The program will
be a presentation by Ron VanderVeeen covering 1) Managing a full tribunal appeal: What to do and
when to do it! 2) Granting a real or personal property exemption: Requirements beyond identifying as a
501c(3).  More information and the reservation form is available on the Events Calendar page.   
Please RSVP by September 8 with Gail Dolbee.

November
Other Information

    MMAAO Executive Board
    The 2017 Executive Board was
    elected at the November 2016
    meeting.  The new Executive
    Board is listed at above.  
    Clicking any of the Executive
    Board members names on the
    left will bring up your default
    email program.  A PDF of all the
    Executive Board members can
    be found on the Documents
    Page.

    Ever wonder what counties
    District 2 covers?
    Click here to access a map of
    the State of Michigan showing
    the three districts of the MAA.  
    This document will also be listed
    on the Documents Page.
MMAAO Home Page
Welcome to the Mid-Michigan Association of Assessing Officers
website.  The MMAAO is made up of assessing and equalization
personnel within District 2 of the Michigan Assessors Association.

We hope that this site will be helpful to Assessors and Equalization
Directors throughout the State of Michigan.
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This site is updated on a quarterly basis or
as needed.  Please refer to the date box
listing the most recent update.  If you have
any questions you may contact one of the
Executive Board members by email just by
clicking on their name.  Your default email
program will open.
This site uses PDF files that will open in new
windows.  If you do not have Adobe Reader
click the Adobe link  here to download the
free Adobe Reader.
You can also save the PDF to your desktop to
open at a later date.
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Recent Updates

Next Meeting of MMAAO is September 13, 2017 at
Coral Gables Resort in Saugatuck.  Please see the
Events Calendar page for more details.

Recent Job Postings

Additional postings and more details are available on
the Job Postings page .

Renewal course information

  • October 9, 2017 - 2017 Current Assessment Topics by
    Tim Schnelle.  Sponsored by Livingston County &
    MMAAO.  4 hours of Assessing continuing education
    credit.  Registration due by September 28, 2017.


Get a jump on the 2018 continuing education hours.

  • November 16, 2017 - To Exempt or Not to Exempt by
    Donna Vandervries, MMAO and Shila Kiander, MAAO.  
    Sponsored by Kent County Association of Assessing
    Officers.  4 hours of Assessing continuing education
    credit.  Registration due by November 3, 2017.


Other information

  • UPDATED  Personal Property Tax Reform Overview. An updated
    presentation from 2015 is also available on the Documents Page.  
    The presentation by Howard Heideman to the MAED on April 4,
    2014 concerning Personal Property Tax Reform is now available
    on the Documents Page.



  • 2017 Meeting Dates as proposed are listed below.  More
    information about each date will be available on Events Calendar
    page.
2017 MMAAO Executive Board

President - Donna Vander Vries
Vice-President - Tony Meyaard
Treasurer- Gail Dolbee
Secretary - David VanderHeide
Board Member - Stephanie Cross
Board Member - Katherine Roslund
Subscribing  Member - Robert Vujea
Past President - Laura Stob
Updated September 7, 2017