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STATE OF INDIANA <br />DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FLNANCE <br />The Honorable Rosemary K Mandrici <br />St. Joseph County Assessor <br />227 W. Jefferson Blvd., Room 307 <br />County -City Bldg. <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Dear Ms. Mandrici: <br />INDIANA GovERNMENT CENTER NORTH <br />100 NORTH SENATE AVENUE N1 OM(B) <br />INn1ANAPOLIs, IN 46204 <br />PHONE(317)232 -3777 <br />FAX (317) 974 -1629 <br />July 9, 2014 <br />The Department of Local Goverment Finance has reviewed the information and data <br />(both originally submitted and the supplemental information) for the St. Joseph County 2014 <br />ratio study. The Department hereby approves the ratio study based on the results of the Mann - <br />Whitney "Sales Chasing" test and Spearman Rank test for vertical equity, and the review of the <br />accuracy, equity, and uniformity of the assessments as determined by the median ratio, <br />coefficient of dispersion (COD), Price Related Differential (PRD), and the change analysis <br />conducted by the Department. <br />Please note that this approval is granted without verification of all of the actual sales <br />disclosure forms in order to allow the preparation and delivery of the real property list to the <br />County Auditor pursuant to IC 6- 1.1 -5 -14. As always, the Department encourages counties to <br />use all possible sales, which lend greater validity to the sales ratio study. <br />In conjunction with our Data Analysis section, please continue to ensure your sales <br />disclosure file database is compliant. For the assessment year 2015, your 2014 sales disclosure <br />data files must be compliant with the rules of the Department. <br />If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Barry Wood, the <br />Assessment Division Director, at (317) 232 -3762 or by e-mail at Bwood@digfin.gov. <br />Sincerely, <br />Micah G. Vincent <br />Commissioner <br />cc: Barry Wood, Assessment Director <br />