The following is being distributed at the request of the Municipal Assessment Agency:

Board elects chairperson

The board of directors for the Municipal Assessment Agency met on March 30. This was the first meeting of the board following the election of the municipal representatives and the appointment of the other stakeholder representatives.

The board elected Councillor Randy Simms of the City of Mount Pearl, a representative of urban municipalities, as its new chairperson. Mr. Simms had previously served two years as vice-chair of the board.

Mayor Walwin Blackmore of Grand Falls-Windsor, representing the Federation of Municipalities, was elected as the new vice-chair. Mr. Blackmore had served as chairperson of the agency�s Policy and Public Relations Committee for the past two years.

The agency provides real property assessment services to 231 municipalities across the province. These selections are further evidence of the agency�s increasing responsiveness and accountability to the municipalities of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Media contact: Sean Martin, Executive Director, (709) 724-1532 or (709) 685-3981.

Municipal Assessment Agency
Board of Directors March 30, 2001

Chairperson and Urban Municipalities Director - Councillor Randy Simms, Mount Pearl
Vice-chair and NLFM Director - Mayor Walwin Blackmore, Grand Falls-Windsor
Avalon Regional Director - Mayor Stan Reid, Heart's Delight
Eastern Regional Director - Mayor Fred Best, Clarenville
Central Regional Director - Councillor Len Wellman, Springdale
Western Regional Director - Mayor Aneitha Sheaves, Channel-Port aux Basques
Labrador Regional Director - Councillor Wayne Earle, L'Anse au Loup
NLAMA Director - Dennis Kelly, Town Clerk/Manager, Marystown
Government Director - Robert Smart, Deputy Minister, Municipal and Provincial Affairs
Government Director - William Parrott, Assistant Deputy Minister,Government Services and Lands

2001 03 30                                             4:15 p.m.