Assessor, Town of Marlborough

Email: chilbert@marlboroughny.gov

Contact name: Cindy A. Hilbert, IAO

Area code and phone number: 845-795-6167 Ext.8

Full street address: 21 Milton Tpke, Suite 200 Milton, New York, 12547

Job title: Appointed Assessor

Salary range or hourly rate: $60,000-$71,500 Depending on qualifications

IAO preferred? Not to begin with but encouraged to receive

Municipality/county: Town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York

Qualifications needed: 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: As per New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR), Section 8188-2.2, Minimum qualification standards for appointed assessors, a qualified candidate MUST possess the following qualifications: (a) The minimum qualification standards for appointed assessors are as follows: (1) (i) graduation from high school, or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma; and (ii) two years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation involving the valuation of real property, such as assessor, appraiser, valuation data manager, real property appraisal aide or the like. Such experience shall be deemed satisfactory if it is demonstrated that the experience primarily was gained in the performance of one or more of the following tasks: collection and recording of property inventory data, preparation of comparable sales analysis reports, preparation of signed valuation or appraisal estimates or reports using cost, income or market data approaches to value. Mere listing of real property for potential sale, or preparation of asking prices for real estate for potential sale, using multiple listing reports or other published asking prices is not qualifying experience; or (2) graduation from an accredited two-year college and one year of the experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision; or (3) graduation from an accredited four-year college and six months of the experience described in subparagraph (1)(ii) of this subdivision or graduation from an accredited four-year college and a written commitment from the county director that the county will provide training in assessment administration, approved by ORPTS, within a six-month period; or (4) certification by ORPTS as a candidate for assessor. (b) In evaluating the experience described in subparagraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section, the following conditions shall apply: (1) if the assessor has been previously certified by ORPTS as a State certified assessor pursuant to section 8188-2.1 of this Subpart while serving as an elected assessor, such certification is equivalent to one year of the experience described in subparagraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section if it has not expired; (2) for the purpose of crediting full-time paid experience, a minimum of 30 hours per week shall be deemed as full-time employment; (3) three years of part-time paid experience as sole assessor or as chairman of the board of assessors shall be credited as one year of full-time paid experience, and five years of part-time paid experience as a member of a board of assessors shall be credited as one year of full-time paid experience. Additional paid part-time experience in excess of these amounts shall be credited; (4) volunteer experience in an assessor's office may be credited as paid experience to the extent that it includes tasks such as data collection; calculation of value estimates; preparation of preliminary valuation reports; providing routine assessment information to a computer center; public relations; and review of value estimates, computer output and exemption applications; and (5) in no case shall less than six months of the experience described in subparagraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section be acceptable with the exception of county training as provided for in paragraph (a)(3) of this section. Candidates MUST complete the Basic Certification training program within THREE years of their initial hire date and obtain certification by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Office of Real Property Tax Services (RP-3006) if they do not currently possess it.

Certification needed: 

Basic State Certification will be expected to be obtained within three years of hire date. Department of State Real Estate Appraiser certification would be helpful.

Brief job description:
Job Duties and Responsibilities: The Town Assessor is responsible for the management and operation of the Assessor’s Office. They will administer all aspects of the Real Property Tax Law; assessment administration; exemption administration and valuation of all properties within the Town. They will be responsible in the preparation of the annual assessment rolls and attend the hearings of the Board of Assessment Review (BAR) and Small Claims Assessment Hearings (SCAR). The applicant will be required to attend regular Town Board meetings and work with other Town departments and Town administration. This job is performed in a typical office environment, indoor and outdoor settings. Applicant must have the ability to stand and walk for short periods of time. During inspections, applicant can be exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures, icy conditions and snow. Other job requirements expected are: • Processes, reviews and analyzes legal documents recorded at the County Clerk’s Office to determine if they require further administration by the Assessors’ Office. • Creation of new parcels by reviewing plats for lot splits, subdivisions, mergers, and surveys; coordinates with the County Real Property Department for updating mapping; records data in assessor software. • Maintains the Town assessment records for the tax roll delivery to the Treasurer; confirms legal descriptions and ownership through warranty deeds & other type of transfers recorded at the County Clerk’s Office; researches title ownership history (chain of title); conveys property and processes real property exemptions. • Verifies all property sales to determine if they are qualified to be used as comparable sales for the valuation of Town properties.

Deadline to apply: Open until position is filled. Interested applicants may submit a resume and application directly to: Cindy A. Hilbert, Town of Marlborough Assessor’s Office, PO Box 305, Milton, New York, 12547 or to chilbert@marlboroughny.us. An application for employment can be found on the Town’s website, townofmarlboroughny.gov under the “Forms” tab, Town Clerk’s Office.