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Walla Walla County commissioners defer hiring decision for assessor’s commercial appraiser
Summary
A request from the county assessor to exempt a commercial appraiser position from the hiring freeze drew budgetary concern from commissioners; no motion was taken and staff were asked to return with the request in June.
Chairman Fulmer and the Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners discussed a hiring-freeze exception request April 8 from Byron, the county assessor, who asked permission to fill a vacant commercial appraiser position.
The request, presented by Byron in chambers, followed the retirement of the previous commercial appraiser in March. “The position opened in March. The current, or, I guess, previous appraiser retired,” Byron said, and said he had delayed recruiting to allow internal staff time to finish appraisal-cycle work.
Commissioner Kimball said the county must create vacancy savings and pushed for leaving one position frozen to spread budget pain across…
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