When a Screening Committee is required to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, the Board of Selectmen shall convene the same. The Screening Committee shall be comprised of three individuals, one of whom shall be a representative of the State Office of Policy and Management and two of whom shall be certified state municipal assessors, one of whom shall be selected by the Board of Selectmen. The representative of the State Office of Policy and Management and the Board of Selectmen shall attempt where reasonably possible to select certified state municipal assessors employed by towns having a similar size and Grand List to that then prevailing in the town. The Screening Committee shall personally interview each applicant for the Assessor’s office and shall conduct a technical oral examination of each candidate. The Screening Committee shall submit a list to the Board of Selectmen containing the names of not more than a simple majority of applicants to a maximum of three applicants, found by the Screening Committee to be most qualified for the Assessor’s office. The list shall be submitted in order of the Committee’s preference. The two certified state municipal assessors serving on the Screening Committee shall be paid an honorarium as established by the Board of Selectmen of the town for their services.
(Ord. passed 10-9-1984)