Amador County – Amador County Assessor Jim Rooney was voted by his peers to be executive secretary of the California Assessors’ Association, which puts him on track to be the group’s president in 2013. The announcement came as Rooney has increased his presence in the CAA, including working to get the association’s Northern California Assessors Association annual conference in Sutter Creek next year. Connie Breedlove, assistant to the current president of CAA, announced the vote to select Rooney in a press release Thursday. Ventura County Assessor Dan Goodwin, current president of the California Assessors’ Association in the release congratulate Rooney, saying his “election has Rooney on track to become President of the Association in 2013.” Rooney’s peers, “with unanimous approval, took the vote on October 28th, at the CAA’s Annual Conference.” It means Rooney will serve on the Executive Committee for the next 5 years, “with responsibility for guiding legislation and professional standards concerning property taxes, as well as promoting uniform practices among California’s 58 county assessors.” Rooney said he was “honored and humbled to be chosen for this position.” He said he “has always been a vocal Assessor who has tried to promote standards and legislation that are beneficial to the taxpayer.” For the last 5 years, Rooney has been a member of the CAA’s Legislative Committee, which Goodwin said “monitors legislation being considered in Sacramento, and recommends legislation that the association feels would be beneficial.” Goodwin said in “an interesting side note: the Amador County Assessor will likely be the Association's president in 2013, more than 100 years after the last Amador County Assessor was President of the statewide association.” Honorable Clarence Jarvis was President in 1912, over a span of 101 years. Goodwin said that year the annual conference was held in Jackson and it happened to be the same year that the wives of the assessors formed their own association, according to historical records, which Mr. Rooney also organized as the chairman of the CAA’s History & Preservation Committee. Rooney will be busy in the coming year, as he will be hosting the Northern California Assessors Conference in Sutter Creek from August 9-11, 2010. Goodwin said assessors from all parts of the state will be attending the conference and many have expressed interest in bringing staff to attend the conference in Amador County. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.