City of Fitchburg, MA
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2022-12-20
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The Code
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 3 Administration
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Article VI Board of Assessors
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter and Related Laws
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration
- Ch 3 Art VI Board of Assessors
- § 3-59 Charge; appointment and term.
- § 3-60 Powers and duties.
- § 3-61 Organization; selection of officers.
- § 3-62 Assistant Assessors.
- § 3-63 Oath of office.
- Ch 7 Building Construction Administration
- Ch 9 Capital Improvement Commission
- Ch 11 Cemetery Administration
- Ch 14 City Property, Sale of
- Ch 18 Equipment, Use of
- Ch 21 Finances
- Ch 23 Fire Department
- Ch 29 Library Trustees
- Ch 35 Personnel Policies
- Ch 40 Police Department
- Ch 42 Wage Theft and Responsible Employers
- Ch 44 Salaries
- Ch 45 Seal
- Ch 47 Ward Boundaries
- Ch 49 Weights and Measures, Inspector of/Sanitary Inspector
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 56 Alcoholic Beverages and Marijuana
- Ch 68 Biotechnology, Regulation of
- Ch 72 Building Construction
- Ch 73 Excavations
- Ch 79 Condominium Conversion
- Ch 84 Dogs
- Ch 89 Electricity and Wires
- Ch 92 Farming
- Ch 94 Fees
- Ch 111 Health
- Ch 112 Recycling and Solid Waste
- Ch 116 Junk Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 120 Licenses
- Ch 128 Litter and Handbills
- Ch 130 Pawnbrokers; Dealers in Metal
- Ch 132 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 134 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 136 Plumbing
- Ch 137 Vacant Property Registration
- Ch 138 Property Maintenance
- Ch 139 Noncriminal Disposition of Violations and Municipal Fine Procedures
- Ch 140 Security Alarms
- Ch 147 Sewers
- Ch 148 Sex Offenders
- Ch 149 Signs
- Ch 154 Stormwater Management
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 161 Taxation
- Ch 162 Taxicabs
- Ch 164 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 169 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 170 Vehicles, Impoundment of
- Ch 172 Vehicles, Wrecked and Abandoned
- Ch 177 Water
- Ch 178 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 181 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A184 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as §§ 2-75 through 2-79 of the
1965 Code]
[Amended 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 086-08]
The Board of Assessors shall have charge of
the Assessing Department. The Board shall consist of three members.
The Mayor shall, in January of each year, subject to confirmation
by the Council, appoint one person to such office for the term of
three years. The Board of Assessors shall annually choose one of the
members of the Board of Assessors to serve as the Chair, who, in the
capacity as Chair, shall also serve in the Department of Finance and
Administration.
The Board of Assessors shall exercise all the
powers, duties and responsibilities vested in it by the General Laws
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any amendments thereof or
additions thereto.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 100-2014]
Immediately after the annual appointment provided for in § 3-59 is made and the appointee has been duly qualified, the members shall organize and, as a Board, select a Chair and a Clerk.
The Mayor shall annually, subject to confirmation
by the Council, appoint such number of Assistant Assessors as the
Mayor may determine, who shall perform such duties as the Board of
Assessors may require.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 100-2014]
Every person appointed as an Assessor or an
Assistant Assessor shall, before entering upon his or her duties,
take the oath prescribed by MGL c. 41, § 29.
