KINGWOOD — Connie Ervin, Preston County’s assessor, won the 2022 Ralph C. Boyles Memorial Achievement Award.
“I was floored and honored,” Ervin said.
She explained Boyles was influential in the world of assessors and said the award has been given out for as long as she can remember. Ervin started working in the assessor’s office in 1990.
Ervin said she was taken by surprise when she was presented the award on May 25 at a banquet during the State Tax Commissioner’s annual in-service training for assessors and deputies at Glade Springs in Daniels.
“It’s quite a list of things that they consider. There’s been a lot of people that have been quite honored with this in the past and I was just, I was totally surprised,” Ervin said. “I was not expecting it at all. And it was just quite an honor. I was truly, truly humbled and honored by it.”
The award is given based on eight considerations by a selection board and approved by the state tax commissioner. The considerations include compliance with laws governing actions and conduct of county assessors, innovation in office procedures, administration and responsible fiscal conduct.
“[Ervin] has best-encompassed excellence and professionalism in property tax administration,” said Deanna Sheets, director of the property tax division for the West Virginia State Tax Department. “… Connie Ervin continues to exemplify the considerations contained in the Ralph C. Boyles Memorial Achievement Award.”
Ervin’s accomplishment was recognized at Tuesday’s Preston County Commission meeting.
“It’s such a positive thing. There is a lot of good that goes on with all of our elected officials. And it’s just nice to be able to point out, you know, your hard work and dedication with the county and that the state sees it,” Commission President Samantha Stone said.
A county assessor is responsible for placing value on property be it real estate personal property such as vehicles, minerals or any other kind of property, Ervin explained.
“We are charged with the task of making sure that that value is current and fair,” she said.
