GovernMax.com
Completes Okaloosa County's Web Site for Online
Property Tax Collection
Thursday September 28, 4:00 pm
Eastern Time
Press Release
KALAMAZOO, Mich.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2000--Manatron, Inc. (Nasdaq:MANA
- news)
today announced that its GovernMax.com division (http://www.governmax.com)
has completed a CollectMax web site (http://okaloosa.governmax.com/collectmax)
for Florida's Okaloosa County. The CollectMax web
site, which GovernMax also hosts for Okaloosa County,
interfaces with the county's back-office information
systems to enable property owners to pay taxes online
for a convenience fee. Okaloosa County has 110,000
property accounts and includes the cities of
Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach and Niceville.
Okaloosa County's CollectMax web
site marks the first time a Florida county will
receive online tax payments without the use of a
third-party collection agency, according to county
officials. It also marks GovernMax's first CollectMax
installation.
GovernMax's managing director Robert
Fry said, ``We are very excited to have the first
installation of CollectMax completed. Because of its
ability to allow the secure and accurate transactions
between local government and its citizens, CollectMax
is a key addition to our suite of web software as
local governments invest in e-government.''
Chris Hughes, Okaloosa County Tax
Collector, commented, ``Convenience should play an
important part in how local government serves its
citizens. The Internet combined with GovernMax's
e-commerce software is an excellent tool for local
governments to increase their level of service to the
citizen.''
Manatron, Inc. designs, develops,
markets and supports a family of web-based and
client/server application software products for
county, city and township government. Manatron's
products support back-office processes for government
agencies as well as ``Virtual Courthouse'' needs
providing Internet access to information for industry
professionals and the public. Manatron provides mass
appraisal services, assessing residential, commercial
and other types of properties to ensure updated and
equitable property valuations. Manatron currently
serves approximately 1,700 customers in 38 states and
three Canadian provinces. Information about Manatron,
Inc. is available at the Company's site on the World
Wide Web at http://www.manatron.com.
Safe Harbor Statement: The
information provided in this news release may include
forward-looking statements relating to future events,
such as the development of new products, the
commencement of production, or the future financial
performance of the Company. Actual results may differ
from such projections and are subject to certain risks
including, without limitation, risks arising from:
changes in the rate of growth of the local government
appraisal industry, increased competition in the
industry, delays in developing and commercializing new
products, adequacy of financing and other factors
described in the Company's most recent annual report
on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which can be reviewed at http://www.sec.gov.
Contact:
Manatron,
Inc.
Paul Sylvester, 616/567-2900
(paul.sylvester@manatron.com)
or
Seyferth Spaulding Tennyson
Inc.
Nick Thole, 800/435-9539
(thole@seyferthpr.com)
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