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Town staff recommend one-year assessing contract after recent issues
Summary
Town staff proposed a one-year general assessing contract—shorter than the town's usual multi-year arrangements—to allow time to resolve recent operational problems; the contract is budgeted and staff said signatures exist but the formal roll-call vote was not recorded in the transcript.
Town staff told the board that the town has budgeted for a one-year agreement for general assessing services rather than the typical multi-year arrangement.
Staff said the shorter contract is intended to allow time to resolve challenges experienced with the assessor over the past six to 12 months. The one-year term would cover processing of the upcoming appeals and routine assessing work while the town evaluates whether longer-term contracting is appropriate.
A staff speaker said signatures were already obtained and asked for a motion to accept the one-year contract. The transcript does not record a clear roll-call vote or the motion text being read into the record during the segment provided.
Board members noted the need for a licensed or certified assessor to ensure new commercial development is placed on the tax rolls. One staff speaker summarized that even if the one-year contract were not adopted, certain obligations such as appeals would still be covered by existing contracts.
The board directed staff to proceed with the contracted services for the coming year while monitoring performance and returning to the board before committing to a longer-term arrangement.
