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ZEBULON - Chief Appraiser Greg Hobbs resigned during yesterday’s meeting of the Board of Assessors. The Board moved their Executive Session to discuss personnel to the beginning of the meeting and then held the rest of the meeting after that session ended.

Hobbs read a letter aloud advising that he was resigning immediately and said that he had been informed that the Board intended to terminate his employment after their Executive Session. He said that he has always respected the role of the Board of Assessors along with the responsibility that it carries to serve the citizens in Pike County and has taken his responsibilities seriously and tried to lead the Tax Assessor’s Office with professionalism, integrity, and accountability.

He expressed his disappointment in the Board for him learning about possible actions with his employment outside of the meeting room but said that his appreciated the experiences and relationships that his position as Chief Appraiser has provided.

He closed by saying that is has become unmistakably clear that his vision for leading the Assessor’s Office and the Board’s expectations are “fundamentally incompatible.” He said that these differences are so substantial that he no longer believed that he could effectively serve as the Chief Appraiser under this Board’s direction and submitted his resignation “with immediate effect” and wished the employees of the Assessor’s Office nothing but success in the future.

The Board of Assessors accepted his resignation with a 4-0-1 vote with Parrish Swift, Brent Taylor, Brent Davis, and Lyn Smith voting in favor of accepting the resignation and Christopher Tea abstaining from the vote.

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