— information courtesy of Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks, III
Franklin County’s Board of Commissioners has appointed John Preston to be the county’s tax administrator.
This appointment fills the vacancy created by the retirement in July 2024 of Marian Cascone, who resigned in July from that position, according to information from Franklin County Public Information Officer James F. Hicks, III.
Preston comes from Warren County where he has served as tax administrator for the past five years. Prior to his time in Warren County, he was a home inspector in Maryland.
“I am looking forward to coming to Franklin County as the new tax administrator,” Preston said.
The tax administrator is one of four positions appointed by the board of commissioners. The other positions are county manager, county attorney and clerk to the board.
“The Tax Department is responsible for the fair and equitable assessment of all personal and real property within the county and generates the funding through tax dollars for county operations, new projects to attract new businesses and growth within the county to benefit all Franklin County residents.”
Preston also served as the appraiser for Warren County from 2015-2017 when he left to become a property tax valuation specialist with the North Carolina Department of Revenue’s Local Government Division. He then returned to Warren County as the assistant tax administrator in 2019 prior to being appointed as tax administrator.
