CAAO Executive Board Election Results

Election Committee: Elizabeth Duffy, Christine Barta, Rich Lasky Jr September 30, 2024 2024 Election Voter Count # of Votes Vote % Total Voters 8/26/2024 435 Invitations Rejected 2 0.46% Votes Received 9/27/2024 302 69.43% Election Results President-Elect: Timothy Hutvagner Secretary: Pamela Deziel Treasurer: Lawrence LaBarbera Item 1: ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2: STANDING COMMITTEES: HANDBOOK – to … Continued

CCMA Committee Member Appointment

The Office of Policy and Management is seeking interested parties from municipalities with a population over fifty thousand for appointment to the Certified Connecticut Municipal Assessor Committee. Letter to Applicants CCMA Background Information Questionnaire

Concrete Foundation Reports and News Articles

Archive of Published News Articles    Article 08/09/2024 Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) Crumbling Foundations Webpage July 31, 2024 Crumbling Foundation Testing Report (Town by Town report) January 31, 2024 Crumbling Foundation Testing Report (Town by Town report) December 31, 2023 Crumbling Foundation Testing Report (Town by Town report) November 30, 2023 Crumbling Foundation Testing Report (Town by Town report) June 30, 2023 Crumbling … Continued

OLR Report on New Veteran Exemption

Questions on the New Property Tax Exemption for Veterans With a P&T Disability Rating By: Jessica Schaeffer-Helmecki, Senior Legislative Attorney July 22, 2024 | 2024-R-0124 This report answers questions about the new property tax exemption for veterans who have a service-connected permanent and total (P&T) disability rating (PA 24-46), the relevant portion of which is … Continued

2024 Legislation Affecting Municipalities

Click here for a publication from the Office of Legislative Research This report provides summaries of new laws (public acts and special acts) significantly affecting municipalities enacted during the 2024 regular legislative session and June Special Session (JSS). OLR’s other Acts Affecting reports, including Acts Affecting Education, Acts Affecting Criminal Justice and Public Safety, and … Continued

Bylaws Changes – 2024

2024 Recommended Changes to the CAAO Bylaws from the Bylaws Committee  Committee Members: Pamela Deziel, Chairman Lucy Hussman, Co-Chairman Shawna Baron Steve Hodgetts Anthony Homicki Kathleen Thornton Stuart Topliff The Committee recommends the following changes to the CAAO Bylaws to be put forward to the CAAO membership for a ballot vote.  The recommendations have been … Continued

Handbook for Assessors 2024

The updated Handbook For Assessors for 2024 is complete and on-line in the Members’ section of the website. Click here for a list of the updates/additions. Log-on is required to view or download the Handbook. If you have forgotten your username or login, contact webmaster@caao.com

CAAO Legislative Bill Tracking

The 2024 Legislative Session has begun. Office Of Legislative Research report on Major Issues for the 2024 Session The link to bill tracker is: CAAO Bill Tracking Website Log-in and Password required.  Previously sent to all members via the hotline. Note: after you enter the log-in and password, allow about 30 seconds for the information … Continued

Reforming Motor Vehicle Assessment

To complement his proposal to reduce motor vehicle tax rates, Governor Lamont proposed exempting certain vehicles from taxation altogether and making the annual assessment process more predictable. Click Here for a Fact Sheet on original proposal Click here for the full approved language PA 22-118, Sections 497-509 2023 Session Updates: SB 1208  An Act Implementing A … Continued

History of Single Assessors – 2022

In this report, the Research/Historian Committee of the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers has compiled a list of the single assessors who were appointed subsequent to the local board of assessors in all of the 169 municipalities. There is no attempt in this report to determine whether these single assessors were full or part-time. In a … Continued

Revaluation Changes – 10/1/2023

Pursuant to Section 7 of Public Act 22-74, the Office of Policy and Management would like to inform you of several changes in revaluation effective with the October 1, 2023 Grand List. The updated information and new schedule are posted on the OPM website Revaluation Date by Town (ct.gov). The legislation aligns planning regions (Regional … Continued

History of Connecticut Assessors Volume #5

ΟThis is the fifth volume of the History of Connecticut Assessors. It has been a challenge to get it published. Previously, Volume #1 was probably the most challenging. The Committee had never done it before, so we were trying things out for the very first time. We knew we had less material in 2019 than … Continued