'Sweeping' changes coming for Champaign County assessors

URBANA – Champaign County's assessors have one month to learn and implement "sweeping new changes" in how they do their job.

Supervisor of Assessments Curt Deedrich told a roomful of assessors, county officials and lawyers Friday that he's willing to talk about the changes he came up with – but only for the next two weeks.

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