Mayor Nutter Accepts Nominating Panel for Board

Philadelphia, September 1 – Today, Mayor Michael A. Nutter accepted the 21 names the nominating panel selected as candidates for the Board of Property Assessment Appeals. The Mayor will review these names and select seven individuals to eventually serve on the Board, pending City Council confirmation. Under Philadelphia law, the current Board of Revision of Taxes will cease to exist on September 1, 2010 and the Board of Property Assessment Appeals will assume all property tax appeals functions. The separate and independent Office of Property Assessment will assume property tax assessment functions.

The nominating panel consists of John McDaniel (Chair) selected by the Housing Association of the Delaware Valley, Tim Roseboro (Vice Chair) selected by City Council President Verna, Jack Malloy selected by the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors, David Perlman selected by Building Industry Association of Philadelphia, Joanne Phillips selected by the Philadelphia Bar Association, Michael Piper selected by the Southeast Chapter of the Assessors’ Association of Pennsylvania, and Denise Joy Smyler selected by the Mayor. The nominating panel worked diligently over the summer. First they widely distributed the application to serve on the Board in order to obtain a large, diverse, and qualified pool of applicants. Then they spent many hours evaluating the applicants in order to select the 21 most qualified individuals to transmit to the Mayor. The panel has been working since June and has held weekly, public meetings to review and evaluate Appeals Board applicants.