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The towns of North Dansville and Sparta are looking for a new assessor. Bruce Knapp, assessor for six Livingston County towns, has given notice that he will be leaving those two municipalities at the end of this year, and intends to retire from the other four towns when his six-year appointed term expires in 2013.
North Dansville and Sparta share Knapp through the Consolidated Assessment Program. As such, the two towns will have to come to an agreement on who their new assessor will be.
The towns have a couple of options available to them for how to go about searching. One option is to advertise for interested and qualified candidates, which North Dansville has already done. A second option is to go through the county, which would furnish an assessor for them. However, the towns will still have to agree and make an appointment on the individual person, and would have to reimburse the county for the assessor’s wages.
Regardless of the options, the best scenario would be for the towns to have someone in place by December to work alongside Knapp before he leaves, North Dansville Town Supervisor Dennis Mahus said.
Qualifications for becoming an assessor include having already taken a number of courses in the field and having experience working in an assessor’s office, according to Knapp.
Regarding qualified candidates, Mahus said there are not a lot of options out there, and that some of Livingston County’s other assessors may be retiring in 2013 as well, exacerbating the problem county-wide.
The towns of North Dansville and Sparta are looking for a new assessor. Bruce Knapp, assessor for six Livingston County towns, has given notice that he will be leaving those two municipalities at the end of this year, and intends to retire from the other four towns when his six-year appointed term expires in 2013.
North Dansville and Sparta share Knapp through the Consolidated Assessment Program. As such, the two towns will have to come to an agreement on who their new assessor will be.
The towns have a couple of options available to them for how to go about searching. One option is to advertise for interested and qualified candidates, which North Dansville has already done. A second option is to go through the county, which would furnish an assessor for them. However, the towns will still have to agree and make an appointment on the individual person, and would have to reimburse the county for the assessor’s wages.
Regardless of the options, the best scenario would be for the towns to have someone in place by December to work alongside Knapp before he leaves, North Dansville Town Supervisor Dennis Mahus said.
Qualifications for becoming an assessor include having already taken a number of courses in the field and having experience working in an assessor’s office, according to Knapp.
Regarding qualified candidates, Mahus said there are not a lot of options out there, and that some of Livingston County’s other assessors may be retiring in 2013 as well, exacerbating the problem county-wide.
