The general guidelines for Consultant Services for the Essex County Board of Taxation Professional Consultant: • Assist with the preparation of the equalization table; • Assist with the striking of the tax rates; • Prepare tax rate levy comparison & pie chart for each municipality; • Assist with the preparation of the PD 65.15 & VE-WVE-2 (veteran & senior citizen) deduction reports; • Assist in totaling the debit & credits to be posted in the abstract of ratables; • Revaluation, Reassessment & Chapter 251 Compliance plan advisement; • Ad Valorem tax policy advisement; • Advisement on technological needs and maintenance of content of the website; • Year over year analysis of County Tax Board appeals (volume & property class); • Assist in the preparation of any Page 8 Formulas (the calculation of the ratio for a revaluation or reassessment municipality). • Various statistical analysis (assessment data, appeal comparison); • Must assist with the preparations of RFP’S for professional and software services when necessary.