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Resident complains about assessor; Select Board asks RJD for different representative
Summary
At the Dec. 1 meeting the Jefferson Select Board voted 3-0 to ask assessment firm RJD to send a different representative after resident Dedre Lloyd registered a complaint about the assessor’s conduct; the board also requested an internal review by RJD and said Lloyd will await a follow-up from town staff.
Dedre Lloyd registered a formal complaint with the Jefferson Select Board on Dec. 1 about how the town assessor, identified in the minutes as Zeb, treated her during a recent phone conversation. The board voted 3-0 to ask the town’s assessment firm, RJD, to send a different representative to handle Jefferson assessing and to have someone else from RJD review Lloyd’s request.
The board’s motion, approved unanimously by Select Board members Pamela Grotton, Robert Clark Jr. and Claudia Orff-Reed, directs RJD to assign a different representative and to review whether any corrective steps are appropriate. Town staff member Lynne was identified in the minutes as the contact who will follow up with Lloyd and report back on the status of her request.
Why it matters: complaints about assessor interactions can affect property owners’ confidence in local assessment processes and, when they lead to reassignment or review, can change who handles appeals or informal reviews. The minutes do not record specific details of the phone call, what steps RJD will take in its review, or any timelines for follow-up beyond the board’s instruction to have Lynne notify Lloyd of developments.
The board did not record additional public testimony on this item in the minutes. The next procedural step recorded is that Lloyd will wait to hear from Lynne about the outcome of RJD’s review.
