2024 Was a Great Year!! Recap Email
Scott Yamamoto- Incoming Auditor
2024 was an awesome year!! So much happened for the Ashtabula County Republican Party and beyond. Thank you to all for your support!
This was the best memory though!
Let’s go back to December 2023 and Judge Harold Specht’s Press Conference announcing his run for re-election, allowing April Grabman to run for County Prosecutor to unseat the disgraced and censured Prosecutor Colleen O’Toole!
Then to the March 2024 Primary, where all of our Endorsed Republican candidates won election and President Trump slid into victory for the Republican nomination!
Then our record breaking Young Republican Lincoln Day Dinner honoring former Treasurer Bob Harvey and hearing from America’s Sheriff- Butler County Sheriff Jones
God saved President Trump in Butler, PA making the picture that defined the election!
The Republican Convention occurred with Ohioan JD Vance becoming our VP Nominee and President Trump getting the nod again!
We had a successful Women’s Club Picnic with Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno and Michele Schroeder hosted him for a great fundraiser!
TRUMPTOBERFEST was a wild success! Tons of patriots came to Jefferson, Ohio to show their support for President Trump and Republicans!
Election night Ohio Elected Bernie Moreno, Defeated Issue 1, and led the way for President Trump! Ashtabula County had a clean sweep of candidates!
On December 31st County Auditor David Thomas resigned his position to become State Representative. Ashtabula County’s Commissioners appointed Rep. Thomas’ recommended pick, Real Estate Manager Scott Yamamoto to be Interim- County Auditor! Judge Specht swore Auditor Yamamoto into office.
Scott Yamamoto has over 30 years’ experience working with or for an Ohio County Auditor’s Office. For a combined 22+ years he has held leadership roles at the Geauga, Lake, and Ashtabula County Auditor’s Offices. He has been actively engaged in the practice of real estate appraisal since 1991 and has been a state credentialed appraiser since 1994. Scott has worked on both the public and private side of mass appraisal working in 12 Ohio counties over 33 years. Scott also spent 6 years as a Hambden Township Trustee in Geauga County.
Scott’s role at the Ashtabula County Auditor’s Office was that of Real Estate Manager. He supervised the daily activities of the Transfer Department, the GIS Department, and the Appraisal Department. He handled all 9-1-1 mapping for The Ashtabula County Emergency Management Agency, complex issues involving transfers, assists with valuation statistical analysis, valuation appeals, interacts with legal counsel, interacts with the Ohio Department of Taxation, interacts with the public, and reviewed legislative changes and how they affect the office to name a few tasks. Scott has spent the last 2+ years developing relationships with other departments to expand GIS use in the county and has worked to streamline department functions. In prior auditor roles he’s assisted with weights and measures, performed CAUV inspections, supervised appointed Boards of Revision, processed dog tags, and other functions that we perform daily in an auditor’s office. With the transition of current Auditor David Thomas, Scott is prepared to assume responsibilities of the Auditor in January 2025.
Outside his professional life Scott has extensive experience volunteering for various organizations. Scott is a lifetime auxiliary member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and is a member of Jefferson Rotary International, Geneva City Chamber of Commerce, and the Ashtabula Chamber of Commerce. Scott and his wife Amy reside in the City of Geneva, and have two grown daughters.