Ridgefield, CT, April 11, 2024 – The Ridgefield Democratic Town Committee is seeking candidates to fill a vacant seat on the Board of Assessment Appeals. Jeff Lundberg, who served on that Board since 2015, submitted his letter of resignation from the Board, which was effective on April 1st.

For most of his tenure on the Board of Assessment Appeals, Mr. Lundberg served as the Board’s Chair. He has served our town with judgment and dedication.

The Ridgefield Town Charter requires an elective board, such as the Board of Assessment Appeals, to fill a vacancy with a person who is a member of the same political party as the party on whose row the vacating board member was elected. As Mr. Lundberg, a Democrat, was consistently elected as a Democrat on the ballot, it is required that the person to appointed to fill the vacancy be a registered Democrat. The person appointed to the vacancy would fill the remaining term of that board seat, until November 2025.

Under the Town’s Charter, the Board of Assessment Appeals hears grievances filed by taxpayers regarding their property tax assessments, and is impowered to make assessment changes.

The Democratic Town Committee (DTC) requests that any registered Democrat in Ridgefield, who may be interested in filling this seat, send a statement of interest as well as a resume or biography (or equivalent) to recruitment@ridgefielddems.org, by 5:00 pm on Monday, May 20, 2024, so that a DTC subcommittee may interview potential candidates and the DTC can send an endorsement to the town board filling the vacancy in a timely manner for its consideration.

Interested persons are advised that the Board of Assessment Appeals or the Board of Selectpersons will conduct its own official selection process for filling the vacancy. The Board of Assessment Appeals or Board of Selectpersons process is separate from the DTC’s process. The DTC’s endorsement is advisory only.

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