Assessor: In pandemic, team effort needed on county budget
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Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess is the Shelby County assessor of property. He is a former member and chairman of the Shelby County Commission.
We anticipate real estate sales and revenue from local income-producing properties to drop substantially as a result of this pandemic. Right now no one knows the outcome.
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