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Longmeadow resident named West Springfield's principal assessor |
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West Springfield Mayor Gregory Neffinger introduces Longmeadow resident Lauren J. Elliott as the town's new principal assessor during a press conference on March 27.
Reminder Publications photo by Debbie Gardner
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April 2, 2012
By Debbie Gardner
debbieg@thereminder.com
WEST SPRINGFIELD — On March 27, West Springfield Mayor Gregory Neffinger announced that Lauren J. Elliott of Longmeadow was chosen as the town's new principal assessor.
West Springfield Human Resource Director Sandra MacFadyen said the month-long search — prompted by the dismissal of Christopher Keefe — drew many applications.
"We're very happy to have Lauren here," Neffinger said as he introduced Elliott to the press last Tuesday. "When we interviewed her we found her very knowledgeable and able to answer [our] questions very specifically, because of her law background."
Neffinger noted that Elliott came to her West Springfield position with "25 years of experience in all aspects of assessing, procedures and understanding Massachusetts General Laws," and had previously served as an assessor for the towns of Cannan, Salisbury and Goshen, Conn., as well as Portsmouth, N.H.
For the past decade Elliott has been a lawyer in private practice, licensed by the Massachusetts Bar since 2002 and specializing in tax law.
"I was what you call your tax representative," Elliott said, explaining that in her law practice, she represented private and business taxpayers in complaints before the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board.
Elliott said she was with the firm of Fitzgerald, O'Brien and Robin of Longmeadow until several members left to take positions in the Hampden County District Attorney's Office. She formed her own business, New England Property Tax Group, LLC, also of Longmeadow, in 2010.
Soon to be 50 years old — she joked that her birthday is April 15, "tax day" — Elliot earned a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College and a juris doctorate from Western New England University School of Law.
Her starting salary in her new position is listed as $69,878.
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