City Of Nashua Hires New Chief Assessor

NASHUA, NH — Later on this month, the city of Nashua will have a new chief assessor.

Richard "Rick" Vincent has been hired to led the assessing department after more than 40 years of experience including being the chief assessor in both Lebanon and Rochester and 20 years of work in real estate assessing and residential construction. He also owned his assessing services company.

The hiring of Vincent is one of several changes the city has made to the assessing department. The department has also upgraded software as well as applications and procedures.

Vincent is a member of the New Hampshire Association of Assessing Officials, the city's representative to the Assessing Standards Board for the state of New Hampshire, and other communities. He has also served on other boards.

Kim Kleiner, the director of administrative services for the city, said Vincent will utilize his experience and also work closely with Vision Government Solutions on the full measure and list revaluation.

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"We are pleased Mr. Vincent has decided to join the city in this important role and believe his strong knowledge of assessing standards and best practices will continue to move the department forward," Kleiner said. "Mr. Vincent's accomplishments have demonstrated a strong work ethic, combined with ethical standards that include fair treatment of coworkers, state and local officials, taxpayers and the general public."

Vincent is scheduled to start later this month, she added.

According to past press reports, there have been several problems in the department including accusations of an employee sleeping on the job, the lack of transparency of the assessment processes, and mileage fraud and other issues. The accusations were prompted by a whistleblower, Laurie Ortolano — who accused the department of wrongdoing as well as a right-to-know lawsuit and an audit that led to changes in the department.

Ortolano filed her lawsuit in superior court in February. There is a trial management conference scheduled for the case in March 2021.

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