VALA established the Michael P. Cyprian, Lister of the Year Award in 1991 to honor Listers andAssessors who demonstate fairness to all, dedication, helpfulness, worked to improve the listing process and pursued better education for the assessment community.
Michael P. Cyprian (for whom the award is named) was the ’Ultimate Lister’. He was active in his town volunteering his expertise on many committees. He was well trained as a Lister and chose to become a professional appraiser. His integrity, unquestioned fairness, ability to communicate with the townspeople, sense of humor, and high level of professionalism marked Michael’s eleven years as a Lister. He was an active VALA member and offered much Lister training.
This year there were eight outstanding nominees for the award and after careful consideration the 2011 Michael P. Cyprian Award has been awarded to Mr. Randy Viens! Randy started his venture in property valuation back around 1983 as a licensed Real Estate Broker serving Chittenden county area. After which about 1987 he then took the required courses to obtain his Fee Appraiser License.
Randy Viens went on to became a Lister in 1991 for the town of Georgia and subsequently helped with their reappraisal in 1993. He continued as a Lister for the town of Georgia until 1996. During this time, Randy continued with fee appraising until 1994 at which time he was hired as an appraiser by the Town of Essex to assist the town assessor. His duties included all those associated as a lister, as well as, keeping up-to-date on all the changes as they occurred in the Vermont State Statutes. Randy was promoted to Town Assessor in 2000 where he continues to do an outstanding job serving not only the property owners in Essex but all property valuation departments in each town and city that calls upon him.
Randy Viens has been a VLCT & VALA Committee Member for many years and has testified before both the House and Senate Committees on issues that concern Vermont Listers’ and Assessors.
We congratulate Randy Vien on winning this prestigious award!