The Board of Assessors shall annually, in the month of January, or as soon as practicable thereafter, organize by choosing one of its members to act as Chairman. All members of the Board shall devote their whole time to the service of the City.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Assessors to complete its assessment and place the list of taxes in the hands of the Collector of Taxes on or before the first day of September, annually, and it shall on or before the first day of September, annually, indicate on the list the residence of the several taxpayers for that year.
A. 
When any tax shall be abated in whole or in part by the Board of Assessors, it shall make a record thereof in a book to be kept by it for that purpose, which record shall contain the names of all persons whose taxes shall be so abated and the reasons for such abatements, and it shall also annually in the month of January make out and transmit to the City Council a full report of the work of the Board. Such report shall show the total valuation of the City, amount of real estate, amount of personal estate, total corporation valuation in detail, total valuation in bank stock, street watering and moth assessments, number of polls and such items as may be of interest to the public. The figures are to be in column parallel to a column containing the figures of the preceding year.
B. 
The Board of Assessors shall annually, on the 31st day of December, report to the Auditor all abatements of taxes made by it during the year ending on such day, distinguishing the abatements made on the different years' taxes, and whether abated before or after collection.
A. 
The Board of Assessors shall have full power to employ necessary Assistant Assessors for the purpose of obtaining the lists of polls and incidental personal property.
B. 
Permanent clerks, one to be known as "Chief Clerk," may be employed the whole year at such compensation as the Board may determine.
C. 
The Board of Assessors shall have full power to hire as many temporary clerks as may be necessary to assist it in the performance of its duties.
[Amended 12-19-1995]
Beginning in 1996, and every six years thereafter, the Board of Assessors of the City shall cause to be printed, at the expense of their Department, for general distribution, at cost as determined by the Board of Assessors, a list which shall contain the following information: the names of all real estate taxpayers; location of real estate, arranged in numerical order by streets; title reference valuation of buildings; valuation of land; area; valuation per foot; and total value.