What's going on in the MADISON COUNTY
PROPERTY TAX DEPT?? Its newly appointed director, Paul Smith, was dumped by the powers that be in Swampsville.... in a "quickly
planned" meeting... without public notice or comment....must have been really nasty...the
Supervisors went so far as to entirely "vacate" his position because Smith
hadn't signed and taken the official oath within 30 days of taking office. If that's the case, I bet we would have to vacate the positions of half the town boards
and other County positions. Hope the Oneida Dispatch follows
up on this political intrigue...always something....Link to January 13 full
article: http://www.oneidadispatch.com/
Here are excerpts from the article:
" On a procedural technicality, Madison
County officials on Tuesday vacated the position of director of Real Property
Tax Services.... In a quickly-planned meeting
Tuesday morning, supervisors met in executive session as the Committee of the
Whole before convening as a board to officially terminate Paul Smith as director
of the Department of Real Property Tax Services..... As required by state public officers law, Smith needed to sign
and file an official oath of office within 30 days of his appointment. According
to county officials he never did so and that automatically “vacates” the
position......County officials also would not
comment on whether any problems involving Smith had been
documented."
