Ken Nix to leave office June 30

Ken Nix, Oconee County auditor the last seven years, announced yesterday he will leave office June 30—a year short of his full term which was to have expired June 30, 2017.  Nix says he is now at full retirement age and looks forward to spending time with his family and doing things he’s never had the time for.  He believes he’ll leave his office in good hands.  Under state code, Christy Hubbard, chief deputy auditor, is designated as the interim replacement.  Hubbard is running unopposed as a ballot candidate this year for the office, for a term to start July 1, 2017 and finish June 30, 2021.  Nix said this about his time in office:  “In these seven years I assisted with correcting issues with the conversion of real property accounts from the Assessor files to the Auditor files and for the past five years we have had seamless conversions assuring accuracy and efficiency.  This process is required as the Auditor generates the tax notices for more than 62,000 real property taxpayers each year.  Customer service has improved due to office structure redesign and departmental costs have been held to a minimum as well as enhancements to our processes to include assisting countless numbers of citizens to make sure their property was correctly taxed as well as doing the best job we could do make sure every taxpayer was treated fairly and equally under state law.”