E AGRERMENT
This Amendment to the Settlement Agreement, dated as of Mev 22 2N?f ithe.
“Agreement”) made by and between Greg B. Turgiss, with an address of
BE “Assessor") and the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue
Administration (“Department”), with her principal office at 109 Pleasant Street, P.O. Box 457,
Concord, NH 03302-0457, is made as of the date last set forth below (“Amendment”).
WHEREAS: The Assessor is certified by the Department as a Property Assessor
Supervisor pursuant to RSA 21-J:14-f; and
WHEREAS: Pursuant to RSA 21-J:14-g, “The commissioner may decertify, suspend, or
take other disciplinary action against any person for failure to comply with the rules of the
assessing standards board adopted pursuant to RSA 21-J:14-f, II;” and
WHEREAS: The Assessing Standards Board (“ASB”) has defined assessor misconduct
to include the “Violation of any applicable NH property assessing statutes, Asb 300 or Rev 600;”
and
WHEREAS: The Assessor had a duty to perform his assessing work for the City of Nashua
in a way that wag not a conflict of interest or did not crcate the appearance of a conflict of interest
but on or about October 8, 2018, he was derelict in that duty when he reviewed the previous
assessment work of his brother, another assessor for the City of Nashua; and
WHEREAS: on or about various dates during the month of April 2019, the Assessor was
derelict in his duty and violated ASB ethical standards by submitting false and misleading ficld
logs to his employer that concealed the fact that instead of conducting the activities described on
them, he was napping or resting in his car; and
WHEREAS: in order to avoid the deluy and expense of further disciplinary proceedings
while imposing discipline in compliance with N.H. Admin, R., Asb 308.05 and 308. 09, the
parties entered into the Setticment Agreernent;
WHEREAS; the Settlement Agreement provided that the Asscssor would be demoted
trom his level of certification by the Commissioner for a pcriod of one (1) year from the date
thercof; and
WHEREAS: duc to unforeseen circumstances the partics wish to amend the Settlement
Agreement to change the effective date to July 1, 2020, to the effect that the demotion of
certification begins on that date and runs for a period of one (1) year to July 1, 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE. in consideration of the foregoing recitals which are an integral purt
hereof, and the promises and mutual covenants contained herein and in the Settlement Agreement,
the reccipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged the parties hereby agrec as follows:
RECEIVED
JUN 24 2020
NH DEPi OF REVENUE ADMIN
MUNIPAL R PROPERTY DIV
