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Following a closed session spanning more than an hour Monday, members voted unanimously to rescind their appointment of Anthony George as the city's next permanent assessor — a hire made just the previous week during a regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
Portsmouth City Council members voted Monday to rescind the appointment of the next permanent city assessor only days after making the hire.
Portsmouth City Council is expected to vote on Monday on rescinding the appointment of a controversial city assessor hire made last week.
City Council members are expected to take a vote today on whether to rescind the appointment of the new city assessor, whose hiring was announced just last week.
Portsmouth's incoming city assessor has been mired in controversy in similar roles in the past.