03/28/2024
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ChrisEllisBladen County Commissioners voted 6-3 to fire Chris Ellis as Bladen County Tax Administrator for improper conduct following a called meeting at noontime Monday. The vote to terminate was preceded by a motion to call for an investigation into the tax office, to reprimand the assessor but not fire him. That motion was defeated.

Voting to fire Ellis was Chairman Charles Ray Peterson, Jimmy Smith, Russell Priest, Daniel Dowless, Billy Ray Pait and Wayne Edge. Voting nay on the dismissal was Michael Cogdell, Dr. Delilah Blanks and Arthur Bullock.

Ellis was reappointed to a four year term as tax assessor on March 2, 2015 at a salary of $63,391.

He had served as tax administrator for over six years. Ellis previously worked in county tax offices in Robeson and Cumberland counties for a combined total of approximately 10 years.

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