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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No V-j� <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 5, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Appointment of Orange County Assessor <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMErTT County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> AZTACENIENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Resolution Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider an appointment to complete the unexpired term of <br /> the Orange County Assessor. <br /> BACKGROUND: County Assessor Kermit Lloyd retired on July 31, 1996, <br /> following nearly 20 years of service to Orange County and its citizens . <br /> Mr. Lloyd was serving a two year appointment as County Assessor that <br /> covered the period from July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1997 . Section 105-294 <br /> of the North Carolina General Statutes provides that whenever a vacancy <br /> occurs in the office, "the board of county commissioners shall appoint <br /> a qualified person to serve as county assessor for the period of the <br /> unexpired term. ,' <br /> The Manager recommends that the Board appoint Orange County' s Chief <br /> Appraiser, John Smith, to complete the term as County Assessor. Mr. <br /> Smith, a 1980 graduate of North Carolina State University, is extremely <br /> well qualified to fulfill the duties of assessor. He has 16 years of <br /> experience in the field of appraising, including 10 years as <br /> Revaluation Supervisor and Chief Appraiser for Orange County. He is <br /> well recognized in his profession, has been certified by the Ad Valorem <br /> Tax Division of the North Carolina Department of Revenue as a North <br /> Carolina Certified Appraiser, and has completed all statutory <br /> requirements for certification as county assessor. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve <br /> the attached resolution appointing John Smith to complete the unexpired <br /> term of the County Assessor through June 30, 1997. <br />