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Rough and Ready resident Jim Dal Bon was selected Tuesday to serve as interim Nevada County assessor through next year.
The 4-0 vote by the Board of Supervisors came after the resignation of Assessor Dale Flippin effective at the end of the month; his four-year term expires on Dec. 31, 2010.
Dal Bon has said he won't seek the office through election next year.
“Mr. Dal Bon, you can fill the position and not be distracted by running for election,” said Supervisor John Spencer.
He won the interim assessor's position over Jim Blashford of Lake of the Pines after some board members said they'd be more comfortable with an assessor who wouldn't seek to run again. Blashford had said he would run for the post if appointed for the interim job.
The elected assessor's post pays roughly $120,000 a year. The interim post is to be paid according to qualifications and does not include benefits, according to a job posting in The Union. Supervisors did not say Tuesday how much Dal Bon would earn.
Dal Bon assumes the role of assessor Monday, Dec. 28.
Recusing himself from the vote was District 5 Supervisor Ted Owens, who recently announced he will run in 2010 for the next assessor term, which begins in January 2011.
If Owens wins, he would have to step down as supervisor, leaving his own four-year term on the board at least two years early (his term expires at the end of 2012).
If that happens, the governor would eventually have to appoint someone to fill Owens' remaining term or a special election could be held in the district.
Dal Bon, 59, was born in San Francisco and earned a degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco. He later earned a certificate in real estate practice from the College of Marin and took other courses for his appraisal work.
He started working for the Marin County Assessor's Office as an appraiser trainee in 1964.
He worked in the area of appraisal for property tax purposes, testified in appeals hearings as an expert witness and rose to principal appraiser for residential assessments.
In 1980, he was appointed assistant assessor, directing 60 employees and overseeing the departmental budget.
In 1985, Dal Bon was appointed county assessor-recorder, overseeing 80 employees. He ran for the office and won in 1986 and 1990, retiring in 1994.
He had bought a second home in Rough and Ready in 1989, and in 1995 he moved there full-time.
In Nevada County, Dal Bon was chairman of the county's Treasury Oversight Committee, overseeing investment policies of the county treasurer.
He also served on the Assessment Appeals Board.
Dal Bon said he would immediately seek his predecessor's counsel, adding the change between assessors would be easier because of his 10 years of service on the county's Assessment Appeals Board.
“In a large degree, I'm a known quantity to the existing staff,” Dal Bon said.
To contact Staff Writer Kyle Magin, e-mail kmagin@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4239.
The 4-0 vote by the Board of Supervisors came after the resignation of Assessor Dale Flippin effective at the end of the month; his four-year term expires on Dec. 31, 2010.
Dal Bon has said he won't seek the office through election next year.
“Mr. Dal Bon, you can fill the position and not be distracted by running for election,” said Supervisor John Spencer.
He won the interim assessor's position over Jim Blashford of Lake of the Pines after some board members said they'd be more comfortable with an assessor who wouldn't seek to run again. Blashford had said he would run for the post if appointed for the interim job.
The elected assessor's post pays roughly $120,000 a year. The interim post is to be paid according to qualifications and does not include benefits, according to a job posting in The Union. Supervisors did not say Tuesday how much Dal Bon would earn.
Dal Bon assumes the role of assessor Monday, Dec. 28.
Recusing himself from the vote was District 5 Supervisor Ted Owens, who recently announced he will run in 2010 for the next assessor term, which begins in January 2011.
If Owens wins, he would have to step down as supervisor, leaving his own four-year term on the board at least two years early (his term expires at the end of 2012).
If that happens, the governor would eventually have to appoint someone to fill Owens' remaining term or a special election could be held in the district.
Dal Bon, 59, was born in San Francisco and earned a degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco. He later earned a certificate in real estate practice from the College of Marin and took other courses for his appraisal work.
He started working for the Marin County Assessor's Office as an appraiser trainee in 1964.
He worked in the area of appraisal for property tax purposes, testified in appeals hearings as an expert witness and rose to principal appraiser for residential assessments.
In 1980, he was appointed assistant assessor, directing 60 employees and overseeing the departmental budget.
In 1985, Dal Bon was appointed county assessor-recorder, overseeing 80 employees. He ran for the office and won in 1986 and 1990, retiring in 1994.
He had bought a second home in Rough and Ready in 1989, and in 1995 he moved there full-time.
In Nevada County, Dal Bon was chairman of the county's Treasury Oversight Committee, overseeing investment policies of the county treasurer.
He also served on the Assessment Appeals Board.
Dal Bon said he would immediately seek his predecessor's counsel, adding the change between assessors would be easier because of his 10 years of service on the county's Assessment Appeals Board.
“In a large degree, I'm a known quantity to the existing staff,” Dal Bon said.
To contact Staff Writer Kyle Magin, e-mail kmagin@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4239.
