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Editor’s Note: Ord. No. 313, § 1, enacted 3-30-1978, amended Art. VII to read as herein set out. Prior to amendment, Art. VII consisted of §§ 6-34–6-38, and was derived from R. O. 1947, Ch. 23, §§ 1-5. Sections 6-36A and 6-38A have been redesignated as §§ 6-36.1, 6-38.1, in order to preserve Code format. Ord. No. 313 became effective upon the passage of a special act of the legislature, 5-18-1978.
[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 451, § 1,
6-8-1983; Ord. No. 1147, § IV, 9-29-2015]
[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 451, § 1,
6-8-1983; Ord. No. 610, § 4, 7-8-1988; Ord. No. 706, § 1,
5-28-1992; Ord. No. 1103, § XII, 11-25-2014]
The Mayor shall appoint one assessor annually during his term of office as soon as practicable and subject to City Council approval. Each assessor shall hold his/her office for a three-year term and thereafter until his successor is duly appointed, or until removed in accordance with MGL c. 43, § 61. In accordance with Article 10, Section 10-6(a) of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2013, the Board of Assessors shall choose its own chair, vice chair, a secretary and any other officers that it deems necessary.
Appointments to fill vacancies caused by the retirement, death,
resignation or removal of an assessor shall be made by the mayor,
subject to confirmation or rejection by the city council as soon after
such occurrence as is practicable. Any assessor so appointed shall
serve for the remainder of the term of the position so vacated and
thereafter until a successor is duly appointed and confirmed.
An appointment to fill a vacancy left by an assessor whose three-year
term has expired shall be deemed to commence on the day following
the expiration of the most recently expired three-year term.
[Ord. No. 610, § 5, 7-8-1988]
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6-35, in order to ensure that the terms of the assessors expire on a staggered basis, the mayor and city council shall define on the date of passage of this section the dates of commencement and termination of the terms of each assessor. Thereafter the term shall be defined according to section 6-35.
[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 399, § 1,
6-1-1981; Ord. No. 451, § 1, 6-8-1983; Ord. No. 582, §§ 1-3,
5-15-1987; Ord. No. 610, § 1, 7-8-1988]
Three assessors shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to
confirmation or rejection by the city council; one of said assessors
shall be designated by the mayor as an assessor/appraiser. If the
mayor upon passage of this section shall so designate an assessor
who has been appointed and confirmed under previous provision of the
city charter and/or general law, the designation must nonetheless
be submitted to the city council as aforesaid. In the case of a new
appointment the mayor shall so designate at the time when the appointment
is submitted to the city council.
Upon confirmation by the city council, the persons so appointed
shall serve as full-time assessors for the full term of their office
and until their successors are appointed and confirmed and shall not
during the incumbency of their office engage directly or indirectly
in any real estate or real estate related business or profession.
[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 451, § 1,
6-8-1983]
Any assessor who shall hold such position as of the date of
enactment hereof shall not be reduced in compensation without his
consent, until such time as his term shall have expired and his successor
duly appointed and confirmed.
[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 451, § 1,
6-8-1983; Ord. No. 563, § 1, 1-26-1987; Ord. No. 706, § 1,
5-28-1992]
All assessors appointed hereunder, whether full-time or part-time,
shall jointly constitute the board of assessors, and shall jointly
and severally perform all duties required by general law to be performed
by an assessor or board of assessors in a city or town. These duties
include, but are not limited to the following:
(a)
Timely assessment of all real and personal property subject to taxation,
under General Laws, Chapter 59, as amended.
(b)
Receiving and making determinations on applications for abatement
or exemption of real estate and personal property taxes under General
Laws, Chapter 59, and motor vehicle and trailer excises under General
Laws, Chapter 60A.
(c)
Annually delivering to the tax collector a list of the assessment
of taxes and furnishing the tax collector, upon request, with full
and exact descriptions of all lands, with the names and addresses
of the owner thereof, that became liable to sale or taking for nonpayment
of taxes.
(d)
Maintaining all records in compliance with applicable general law.
(e)
Furnishing the commissioner of corporation and taxation, or his successor
designate, with all information required to be so furnished in accordance
with applicable general law.
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The board shall hold regular meetings, not less than biweekly,
for the purpose of transacting any and all business where approval
of a majority of the board shall be required under applicable general
law. Minutes shall be kept for each such meeting and shall be maintained
by the board as part of its official records.
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The chairman shall be the administrator of the board of assessors
and, in addition to the above enumerated duties, shall be responsible
for the following:
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(a)
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Appointment and supervision of all employees of the board, including
all clerical personnel and assistant assessors as hereinafter provided;
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(b)
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General administrative supervision of all board duties including
the allocation of workload among individual board members.
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[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 451, § 1,
6-8-1983; Ord. No. 610, § 2, 7-8-1988]
Each assessor shall receive such compensation as the city council
shall determine from time to time by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 313, § 1, 3-30-1978; Ord. No. 451, § 1,
6-8-1983; Ord. No. 610, § 3, 7-8-1988; Ord.
No. 1103, § XIII, 11-25-2014]
In accordance with MGL c. 41, § 25A, the assessors
may appoint one or more assistant assessors. Such assistant assessors
shall perform such duties as the chairman shall determine and shall
hold office for the period of one year from the date of appointment,
unless sooner removed, and subject to the remaining provisions of
General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 25A and Section 28.
