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Ellsworth finance committee announces new finance director; consulting team reports early tax-commitment progress
Summary
The committee announced that Chris Namath accepted an offer to be Ellsworth's finance director, starting July 31, and heard from Municipal Consulting Group that the city met its early-July tax-commitment goal; the chair also disclosed counselor-investigation costs totaling $19,404.65.
The Ellsworth Finance Committee announced an accepted offer for finance director and heard a progress report on this year's tax commitment.
The chair said the committee had made an offer that was accepted by Chris Namath and that he will start on July 31. "We have made an offer and it was accepted by Chris Namath. He is going to be starting July 31," the chair said, describing Namath as coming from Surry, Maine, with experience in corporate investments and acquisitions. The chair said salary details will be released with Namath's announcement and that staff would provide the final number on request.
The chair also disclosed the total cost of a recent counselor investigation as $19,404.65, with staff time listed as $586.65 and legal costs totaling $16,838; the chair noted this figure does not include prior legal time spent in executive sessions.
Josh Berry of Municipal Consulting Group of Maine briefed the committee on the city's tax-commitment work. Berry said the consultant team helped the assessor meet an early July commitment target and performed field valuation work that generated new value for the city. "We came in with the idea of ... an early July commitment," Berry said, adding that assessing adjustments were modest and he recalled a roughly 3% market adjustment under discussion; he deferred specific percentage breakdowns by property class to the city assessor (Larry) for the full-council presentation.
Resident Raymond Williams asked for the market-adjustment percentages by property class; Berry said the final numbers would be supplied at the full council meeting and offered to follow up with Williams directly.
No formal votes or appointments were recorded during the meeting transcript; the hiring announcement reflected that an offer had been accepted and a start date set.
