{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Melvin Burgess","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"D","token":"melvin_burgess"},{"candidatename":"Steve Cross","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","token":"steve_cross"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":"shelby","districtgroup":"county","districtgroupname":"County","districtname":null,"job_type":"assessor","o.office":"assessor_of_property","office":"assessor_of_property","officedescription":"The Shelby County Assessor of Property locates, identifies, classifies, and appraises all real and personal property in the county for tax purposes. The office runs the state-mandated quadrennial reappraisal (next cycle: 2029), appraises personal property annually, and maintains approximately 353,000 real-estate parcels. The Assessor **does not** set the tax rate, send tax bills, or collect taxes \u2014 those duties belong to the County Commission (rate), the Trustee (collection), and the Clerk (registration-linked functions).","officequalities":"- **Personnel management at scale.** Leading and retaining a department of ~150\u2013200 appraisers, GIS analysts, and customer-service staff responsible for ~353,000 parcels and a multi-million-dollar budget.\n- **Real-estate appraisal and property-law expertise.** Familiarity with mass-appraisal methods, comparable-sales analysis, the four-year reappraisal cycle, and Tennessee assessment law (TN Code Title 67 Ch. 5), including exemption rules and the Board of Equalization appeals process.\n- **Technology and systems oversight.** Ability to evaluate, procure, and administer Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) software, GIS platforms, and the data infrastructure modern assessment depends on.\n- **Integrity and impartiality.** A demonstrated record of even-handed decision-making. Property valuation directly affects every taxpayer's bill, so the office's perceived fairness \u2014 under pressure from large taxpayers, political allies, and the public alike \u2014 is as important as the technical result.\n- **Public communication.** Explaining assessment methodology clearly to homeowners receiving increase notices, to journalists, and to the public bodies (County Commission, Board of Equalization, State Board of Equalization) the office reports to.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Assessor of Property","partisan":null,"pgr":"general","quantity":null,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Assessor of Property"}