[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ellicott 10-4-1995
as L.L. No. 6-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is enacted pursuant to § 579 of the Real Property
Tax Law.
The Supervisor of the Town of Ellicott is hereby empowered to enter
into an agreement with the Town of Ellington pursuant to § 576 of
the Real Property Tax Law, providing that one Assessor shall be appointed
to hold the office of Assessor in all the participating assessing units in
the coordinated assessment program.
A.
Such a cooperative assessment agreement shall provide
for the joint conduct of interviews of persons seeking the office of Assessor
and that the appointment of the Assessor must be approved by a majority of
each participating assessing unit's Town Boards. In addition, the agreement
shall provide for the compensation of the Assessor and for the allocation
of expenses among the participating assessing units.
B.
Upon the expiration of the term of the appointed Assessor
or in the event that the Assessor so appointed resigns or is otherwise unable
to remain in office, one individual shall be appointed to succeed him or her
in all the participating assessing units.
Effective with the first assessment roll produced in cooperation with
the other participating assessing units in the coordinated assessment program,
all real property shall be assessed at the same uniform percentage of value
in each assessing unit participating in the coordinated assessment program
throughout the term of this cooperative assessment agreement.
The dates applicable to the assessment process in each participating
assessing unit, including taxable status date, and the dates for the filing
of the tentative and the final assessment rolls shall be the same for each
assessing unit participating in this coordinated assessment program.
