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Selectman stresses board role in hiring amid assessor vacancy
Summary
Selectman Bill Ballinger urged the Board of Selectmen to take an active role in hiring a new assessor and to require business personal property walkthroughs as part of the position’s duties; no hire was recorded.
The board discussed an open assessor vacancy during the May 19 meeting. Selectman Bill Ballinger told colleagues that the assessor’s role is important and recommended that the Board of Selectmen be involved in the hiring process and require the assessor to conduct walkthroughs of business personal property as part of job responsibilities.
The minutes record Ballinger’s comments but show no motion to authorize a hiring process or to appoint an interim assessor during the meeting. The item was added to the agenda as part of "Such Other Business" and recorded for discussion; no specific timetable or hiring steps were adopted in the minutes.
The board did not vote on a hiring procedure at this meeting; follow-up steps or a formal search process were not set in the recorded minutes.
