# board-of-assessors — 8 documents, concatenated for reading and search # # This is a CONVENIENCE BUNDLE, not a source. Every document below is # published separately and byte-identically; cite the individual file, # whose path is given in each header, rather than this bundle. # Index of all boards: https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/minutes/INDEX.txt # The town's own scanned original is linked per document. ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-11-06-minutes-6865.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-11-06 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-11-06-minutes-6865.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11062024-6865 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS November 6, 2024 RITTER BUILDING, LOWER LEVEL 960 MASSACHUSETTS A VE. Present members: Chair Brian Laffond, Vice Chair Sarah Cammer, Clerk John Rabbitt, Principal Assessor Lynda McQuade, Assessing Consultant Rena Swezey CALL TO ORDER The meeting opened at 6:30 PM. OPENING COMMENTS - Board John Rabbitt states that last year at this time the BOA scheduled a meeting around the time tax bills went out to discuss and help with abatements. He asked if Rena could make another posterboard to show house sales. Brian Laffond confirms he is discussing the conference held at the senior center last year. Lynda McQuade clarifies that the conference is about exemptions, not abatements, as the board cannot assist with abatements. Abatements will start coming in after tax bills are sent out in January. Sarah Cammer asks the chair if this can be an agenda item. Brian Laffond will add this topic to the next meeting agenda. - Public There were no comments from the public. STATUS REPORT FROM PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR -Status/Update of Interim FY2025 (LA3, LA15, LA4, and LA13 and Motor Vehicle Abatements. Other items as needed Lynda McQuade confirms the Interim values were approved on October 24th Approval was received from the Department of Revenue for the LA4, and page 3 of the LA4 shows the changes in percent assessment by each assessing class. LA13 is also complete and LA3 and LA15 have already been approved. These documents are submitted online in the DOR portal, reviewed, and signed by the BOA electronically prior to DOR approval. The assessor’s office has completed all the work they can to produce the tax levy and rate ahead of the tax rate hearing. Unfortunately, trouble with MUNIS is preventing the Finance Director from completing their work. Once that work is done in MUNIS by Finance, the tax levy can be set and then the assessor’s office can get a preliminary tax rate for the hearing. All the work is done as far as it can be without the finance department’s input into MUNIS. ===PAGE 2=== There have been issues with the mapping historically, from 2022. The building inspector indicated that there was a property that wasn’t on maps. The Assessor is creating a process with the building inspector and the planning board to ensure nothing gets missed in the future. They are reviewing previous years records as well to capture properties that may have not been added in the 2022 time period. Starting on Tuesday there will be a new administrative assistant. They were ratified yesterday by the Select Board. There is now the issue that there are not enough desks and computers in the office. CURRENT BUSINESS - Review and Approve Minutes of September 4, October 2, October 16, 2024, Executive Sessions of August 19 and July 29, 2024 There was a motion to approve the minutes from September 4th with amendments by Sarah Cammer, seconded by John Rabbitt. All in favor. The minutes for October 2 and October 16 were postponed to review. The executive session minutes from August 19 and July 29 were approved. There was a discussion about how to go about releasing old executive session minutes that are closed. Once abatements are processed, executive session minutes for those meetings can be released. - Review and Approve Invoices, Expense V ouchers, Payroll, Billing Error, Etc. There was a bill from Vision for the software maintenance totaling $13,581. This is an annual bill. At the last meeting there was discussion about an omitted bill that has been edited and signed. 32 motor vehicle abatements were signed. - Update on Neighborhood Review Team proposal (schedule, membership, charge) Sarah Cammer confirms that the team met and reviewed the spreadsheet of properties with site indexes listed as 0 to 5. The team reviewed maps of town and site indexes and created a list of what the characteristics of neighborhoods 1 through 5 may be. The team was unable to classify properties beyond the broad criteria because they haven’t seen the properties and are not appraisers. Sarah Cammer suggested that an appraiser with assessing experience would be the best to do the review. Brian ===PAGE 3=== Laffond suggests hiring a third party to revise neighborhoods based upon the set of guidelines. Sarah Cammer is going to thank all the members on the review team and reiterate the Boards decision to move forward with a professional. - Exemption Warrant Article for Fall Town Meeting Lynda McQuade met with Carter Terenzini today and he requested the Assessors provide 3 slides in 5 minutes to explain the exemption at the Fall Town Meeting. John Rabbitt questions the warrant article on page 3 relating to the cost of adopting certain clauses. The Board reviewed the presentation that John Rabbitt created. There were some clarifications along with edits that were needed that John will modify and submit to Lynda tomorrow. - Upcoming Classification Hearing Presentation The Board reviewed, edited, and adjusted the presentation that Lynda McQuade proposed. There are 5 classifications of property: residential, open space, commercial, industrial, and personal property. 92% of Lunenburg is residential, 4% commercial,1% industrial, 3% personal property. The purpose of the hearing is to consider options besides a single tax rate. A residential exemption that taxed high value property and lowered other residential property rates was considered. Evaluation suggested there are not enough high value property to make this a viable option. There was a motion that the Board of Assessors reject this residential exemption rate by Sarah Cammer, seconded by John Rabbitt. 3-0 voted to reject the residential exemption. A small commercial exemption was considered. Discussion revealed that it would benefit few properties and multiply the taxes of the great majority of small businesses, contrary to the intent. There was a motion that the Board of Assessors reject the small commercial exemption by Sarah Cammer, seconded by John Rabbitt. The board voted 3-0 to reject the small commercial exemption. The Board voted 3-0 to recommend a single tax rate as opposed to a split tax rate. - Modification of Assessors Website ===PAGE 4=== Brian Laffond states in the last week there were 2 mistakes on the website. One was a misunderstanding, and the other was a software glitch. Those issues have both been fixed. Brian Laffond reiterates that there won’t be any changes to the website unless the Board agrees. POSTPONED TOPICS - Discuss details and development of Assessing Calendar - BOA Policies UPCOMING MEETING/EVENTS SCHEDULE - November 20, 2024, Classification Hearing November 19. 2024 at 7 PM - Upcoming Tentative Meetings: December 3, 2024, and December 18, 2024 CLOSING COMMENTS - Public There were no comments from the public. - Board There were no comments from the Board. ADJOURN There was a motion to adjourn by Brian Laffond, seconded by Sarah Cammer. All in favor. The meeting closed at 9:31 PM. ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-11-20-agenda-6882.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-11-20 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-11-20-agenda-6882.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-6882 ======================================================================================== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024 6:30 PM BILOTTA ROOM, TOWN HALL 17 MAIN STREET In accordance with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and broadcast live over the Lunenburg Public Access channel, on FacebookLive on the Public Access Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Lunenburg-Public-Access-Cable-157427270975305/). The recording can be found on the LunenburgAccess YouTube channel after the meeting. This meeting will be held in-person at the location provided on this notice. Members of the public are welcome to attend this in-person meeting. Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast, unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on this agenda should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly. REMOTE PARTICIPATION From a computer, please us e the link below to join the public meeting webinar:Join Zoom Meeting- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81776583638?pwd=w4TaN5kKgPvaTK4WQOOB4XDEeDT3Ax.1Meeting ID: 817 7658 3638 Passcode: 612808 From a telephone, dial the toll free number (888) 475-4499 and enter Webinar ID: 817 7658 3638# If you have not registered with Zoom you will be asked for your name and an e-mail address. Note: No participant ID is needed, just press # when asked. Telephone users may dial *9 to request to speak after joining the meeting. Computer and app users may use the “raise hand” feature to request to speak. The agenda lists all the topics, which may be discussed at the meeting and are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair. Votes may be taken as a result of these discussions. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by Open Meeting Law. CALL TO ORDER OPENING COMMENTS Board Public STATUS REPORT FROM PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR. Classification Hearing, Tax Rate and Motor Vehicle Abatements. Other items as needed. CURRENT BUSINESS Review and Approve Minutes of November 6, 2024, October 16, 2024, October 2, 2024, Executive Sessions of August 19, 2024 Review and Approve Invoices, Expense Vouchers, Billing Errors, etc. Assessor Conference at the Senior Center Review of Classification Hearing Acceptance of Exemption Warrant Article from Fall Town Meeting Modification of Assessor Website POSTPONED TOPICS Discuss details and development of Assessing Calendar BOA Policies UPCOMING MEETING/EVENTS SCHEDULE Upcoming Meetings: December 2, 2024 and December 18, 2024 CLOSING COMMENTS Public Board ADJOURN ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-11-20-minutes-6882.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-11-20 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-11-20-minutes-6882.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11202024-6882 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS NOVEMBER 20, 2024 BILOTTA ROOM, LUNENBURG TOWN HALL 17 MAIN STREET Present Members: Chair Brian Laffond, Vice Chair Sarah Cammer, Clerk John Rabbitt, Principal Assessor Lynda McQuade Absent Members: Interim Principal Assessor Rena Swezey CALL TO ORDER The meeting opened at 6:30 PM. OPENING COMMENTS  Board Lynda McQuade states there is a new administrative assessing assistant, Robin Nano, and she started on November 12th.  Public There were no comments from the public. STATUS REPORT FROM PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR.  Classification Hearing, Tax Rate and Motor Vehicle Abatements. Other items as needed. Below are updates provided by Lynda McQuade - The office received approval for the LA4, LA5, and interim values for FY 2025 from the Department of Revenue. - The state tax rate will be $14.37 per $1,000. - There have been 8 requests for abutters lists received in the past month. - 28 motor vehicle abatements have been received. - Commitment number 6 will be going out within the next week. Lynda McQuade will start preparing the Y2K file for the tax collector with assistance from Vision appraisal and consultant Randy Mercier. Goals for next month include: - Continue training with Robin on assessing functions - Start working on exemptions - Review chapter land applications - Reach out to CAI about map updates Brian Laffond questions if the tax bills will be prepared for January 1st. Lynda McQuade is unable to commit to that date as it relies on other departments with MUNIS challenges ===PAGE 2=== that are beyond their and her control. She confirmed everything from the assessor’s end has been completed. CURRENT BUSINESS  Review and Approve Minutes of November 6, 2024, October 16, 2024, October 2, 2024, Executive Sessions of August 19, 2024 The review and approval of minutes was postponed.  Review and Approve Invoices, Expense Vouchers, Billing Errors, etc. Commitment number 5 of motor vehicle abatements was signed. The Board signed a supplemental bill that had a few corrections.  Assessor Conference at the Senior Center The conference is scheduled for February 3rd at 1 PM. John Rabbitt is currently trying to recruit speakers to attend.  Review of Classification Hearing Brian Laffond congratulated Lynda McQuade and Sarah Cammer on the classification hearing. Lynda McQuade and Sarah Cammer discuss lessons learned and suggest remembering to bring the year to year comparison for the different property types to the meeting, so the town can review it, just as we have, prior to our submission to DOR. Brian Laffond also suggested a spreadsheet printout of the property values and the new values by address so individuals can review them. During the classification hearing, John Rabbitt asked for a week delay. The Board had previously agreed to move forward after reviewing the documents Lynda had prepared in the meeting of November 6th. There was some discussion about this issue and prior issues about John Rabbitt speaking on behalf of himself that contradicts what he agreed to at Board of Assessor meetings, as well as rejecting edits agreed to in previous meetings. John Rabbitt stated his intent was to improve the work. Members would like improvements to occur during the last meeting of the board on the subject, and not afterwards because then no review and open meeting discussion can be accomplished. John Rabbitt previously requested this discussion happen during the executive session. Brian Laffond spoke to Carter Terenzini and town counsel, and they confirmed this discussion does not warrant executive session. The board noted that the final numbers for the classification hearing arrived from the Finance department the morning of the hearing, as the department had significant issues with MUNIS leading up to the hearing that caused unintentional and unavoidable delay. The placeholders for the numbers were removed and filled with the numbers provided by the finance director as they are the purview of the finance director. These edits were agreed upon at the Nov 6th meeting. ===PAGE 3===  Acceptance of Exemption Warrant Article from Fall Town Meeting Lynda McQuade and Robin Nano will be making new charts with the new exemptions that just passed. Now that the articles have been approved there will be documentation on the town website. Lynda McQuade wants to design a brochure or a chart. Brian Laffond questions how we could change the baseline at the next town meeting, so COLA is still available. That way the town isn’t always behind. The board agreed to figure out how to do this. Sarah Cammer works backward from the spring town meeting, which is the first Saturday in May, to consider when this would need to be resolved. The warrant needs to be closed 6 weeks prior to the town meetings, so to do this it will need to be resolved by the end of February. Lynda McQuade wants to go through the exemptions during the next executive session meeting.  Modification of Assessor Website Carter Terenzini has had the Classification Hearing added to the website. John Rabbitt states he was unable to access the Assessors website. The other members of the Board have not been having issues. POSTPONED TOPICS  Discuss details and development of Assessing Calendar  BOA Policies UPCOMING MEETING/EVENTS SCHEDULE Upcoming Meetings: December 2, 2024, and December 18, 2024 CLOSING COMMENTS  Public There were no comments from the public.  Board There were no comments from the Board. ADJOURN There was a motion to adjourn by Sarah Cammer, seconded by John Rabbitt. All in favor. The meeting closed at 8:03 PM. ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-12-02-agenda-6902.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-12-02 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-12-02-agenda-6902.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022024-6902 ======================================================================================== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024-REVISED 6:30 PM BILOTTA ROOM, TOWN HALL 17 MAIN STREET In accordance with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and broadcast live over the Lunenburg Public Access channel, on FacebookLive on the Public Access Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Lunenburg-Public-Access-Cable-157427270975305/). The recording can be found on the LunenburgAccess YouTube channel after the meeting. This meeting will be held in-person at the location provided on this notice. Members of the public are welcome to attend this in-person meeting. Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast, unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with particular interest in any specific item on this agenda should make plans for in-person vs. virtual attendance accordingly. REMOTE PARTICIPATION From a computer, please us e the link below to join the public meeting webinar:Join Zoom Meeting- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2878544906?omn=85321179886Meeting ID: 287 854 4906 Passcode: 612808 From a telephone, dial the toll free number (888) 475-4499 and enter Webinar ID: 287 854 4906# If you have not registered with Zoom you will be asked for your name and an e-mail address. Note: No participant ID is needed, just press # when asked. Telephone users may dial *9 to request to speak after joining the meeting. Computer and app users may use the “raise hand” feature to request to speak. The agenda lists all the topics, which may be discussed at the meeting and are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair. Votes may be taken as a result of these discussions. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by Open Meeting Law. CALL TO ORDER OPENING COMMENTS Board Public STATUS REPORT FROM PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR. Tax Rate and Motor Vehicle Abatements. CAI/Vision Property Record Cards Update. Other items as needed. CURRENT BUSINESS Review and Approve Minutes of November 20, 2024, November 6, 2024, October 16, 2024, October 2, 2024, Executive Sessions of August 19, 2024 Review and Approve Invoices, Expense Vouchers, Billing Errors, etc. Assessor Conference at the Senior Center Update on Recap and Tax Rate Exemption Flyer Modification of Assessor Website POSTPONED TOPICS Discuss details and development of Assessing Calendar BOA Policies UPCOMING MEETING/EVENTS SCHEDULE Upcoming Meetings: December 18, 2024, Discuss January meeting dates CLOSING COMMENTS Public Board ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION– Suspend open meeting and enter into Executive Session, not to return to Open Session after exiting Executive Session. Motion to enter executive session under Purpose 7: "To comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements". EXECUTIVE SESSION "Applications for abatement or exemption under this chapter shall, except in proceedings before the county commissioners, the appellate tax board or a court of the Commonwealth, be open only to the inspection of the assessors, the commissioner, the deputies, clerks and assistants of either the assessors or the commissioner and such other officials or designated private auditors of the Commonwealth." CH59 S60 of MGL is the law being cited. ADJOURN ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-12-02-minutes-6902.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-12-02 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-12-02-minutes-6902.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12022024-6902 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS DECEMBER 02, 2024 BILOTTA ROOM, LUNENBURG TOWN HALL 17 MAIN STREET The Lunenburg Board of Assessors meeting scheduled for December 2, 2024, was canceled due inability to achieve a quorum. ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-12-10-agenda-6915.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-12-10 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-12-10-agenda-6915.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-6915 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2024 7:00 PM ASSESSORS OFFICE, LUNENBURG TOWN HALL 17 MAIN ST. CALL TO ORDER ENTER EXECUTIVE SESSION – Enter into Executive Session, not to hold Open Session after exiting Executive Session. Motion to enter executive session under Purpose 7: "To comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements". EXECUTIVE SESSION "Applications for abatement or exemption under this chapter shall, except in proceedings before the county commissioners, the appellate tax board or a court of the Commonwealth, be open only to the inspection of the assessors, the commissioner, the deputies, clerks and assistants of either the assessors or the commissioner and such other officials or designated private auditors of the Commonwealth." CH59 S60 of MGL is the law being cited. ADJOURN ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-12-18-agenda-6935.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-12-18 KIND : agenda OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-12-18-agenda-6935.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12182024-6935 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== ======================================================================================== DOCUMENT : 2024-12-18-minutes-6935.txt BOARD : board-of-assessors DATE : 2024-12-18 KIND : minutes OUR COPY : https://lunenburgbudgetproject.org/docs/minutes/text/board-of-assessors/2024-12-18-minutes-6935.txt TOWN PDF : https://www.lunenburgma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12182024-6935 ======================================================================================== ===PAGE 1=== LUNENBURG BOARD OF ASSESSORS DECEMBER 18, 2024 BILOTTA ROOM, LUNENBURG TOWN HALL 17 MAIN STREET Present Members: Chair Brian Laffond, Vice Chair Sarah Cammer, Clerk John Rabbitt (Zoom), Principal Assessor Lynda McQuade CALL TO ORDER The meeting opened at 6:30 PM. OPENING COMMENTS - Board There were no comments from the Board. - Public There were no comments from the public. STATUS REPORT FROM PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR - Tax Rate and Motor Vehicle Abatements, CAI/Vision Property Record Cards Update. Other items as needed The BOA approved 109 exemptions for FY 25 on December 10 th. Lynda McQuade worked with Randy Mercier on the FY 2025 actual bills. There was a bridging issue that caused some duplication. This issue was resolved last Friday. There were other towns that also were having issues with MUNIS and Vision. Motor vehicle excise commitment number 6 was sent out at the end of November. There were 396 bills totaling $49,562.24. The commitment was approved by the BOA on November 20th. In the past month, there have been 39 motor vehicle excise tax abatements received. The office is currently up to date. Lynda McQuade met with the new planning director, Chris Riley. There have been some issues with plans and deeds not matching up. 3 abutters lists were received in the last month. Goals for the month include: -Generate the FY26 forms and get them mailed. - The abatement period starts on January 1 st and concludes February 3rd . - Review FY25 chapter lien applications with the BOA ===PAGE 2=== There was a motion to have information put into the Ledger about abatements by John Rabbitt, seconded by Brian Laffond. Roll call vote. John Rabbitt aye, Brian Laffond no, Sarah Cammer no. The motion failed. CURRENT BUSINESS - Review and Approve Minutes of November 20, 2024, and November 6, 2024, October 16, 2024, October 2, 2024. Executive Sessions of December 10, 2024, and August 19, 2024. The minutes from open sessions were postponed until all members are present and are in person. There was a motion to approve the executive sessions minutes from December 10, 2024, by Sarah Cammer, seconded by Brian Laffond. The minutes from August 19, 2024, have previously been approved. - Review and Approve Invoices, Expense V ouchers, Billing Errors, Etc. Lynda McQuade provided an invoice for stamps totaling $43.50. Carter Terenzini approved the 2026 interim for the Vision contract totaling $4,800. 2 motor vehicle abatements were signed. The assessor’s office is currently up to date with motor vehicle abatements. The 1st bill totaled $242.20, and the 2nd bill totaled $3,460.39. - Assessor Conference at the Senior Center The Assessor’s Conference is scheduled for February 3rd at 1PM. This meeting is scheduled to last 2 hours. Michael-Ray Jeffreys will provide an update from the Select Board regarding Lunenburg senior housing. Lynda McQuade will discuss tax exemption updates and notable benchmarks. Brian Laffond requested a copy of the presentations and packets to be provided for approval prior to the meeting. John Rabbitt wants to bring the assessor’s office employees down to the meeting. Brian Laffond disagrees and believes Lynda McQuade only needs to be present. Sarah Cammer states that the office can be invited but not required to be present. There was a motion to invite the 3 assessor’s office employees to the meeting by John Rabbitt, seconded by Brian Laffond. Roll call vote. John Rabbit aye, Sarah Cammer no, Brian Laffond no. - Update on Recap and Tax Rate ===PAGE 3=== The tax recap and tax rate were approved by the Department of Revenue on December 9th. There was a motion to approve the tax rate and tax recap by John Rabbitt, seconded by Sarah Cammer. All in favor. Brian Laffond aye, Sarah Cammer aye, John Rabbitt aye. The new FY 2025 tax rate is 1436 per thousand. - Exemption Flyer Lynda McQuade created an exemption flyer that is easier to read and broken down into categories. This flyer will be included in the packet for the Senior Center meeting in February. Additionally, it will be posted on the website once completed. - Clause 41 and 17 Assets/Income Level Adjustments for Exemptions Lynda McQuade states that COLA is unabl e to be added this year but will be added next year. The BOA needs to figure out a warrant that includes implications and related costs. Brian Laffond will draft an article about the adjustments for exemptions. - Outline for Neighborhood/site evaluation consultant in response to COR Directives The neighborhood working group found that the site indexes were doubling as neighborhoods. The goal should be that the site indexes address the differences in properties within the neighborhood. Sarah Cammer will draft a proposal. - Assessor Website Brian Laffond spoke to the web developer and there was discussion that John Rabbitt wanted to add pictures and photographs to the website. The web developer was concerned with adding pictures as that is not typically done due to Cybersecurity concerns. POSTPONED TOPICS - Discuss Details and Development of Assessing Calendar - BOA Policies ===PAGE 4=== UPCOMING MEETING/EVENTS SCHEDULED - Upcoming Meetings: Determine January meeting dates Brian Laffond proposed the next meeting dates of January 8th and January 22 nd. Brian Laffond suggests starting in February switching to the first and third Wednesday of the month for meetings. The anticipated meetings are February 5th and 19th, March 5th and 19th, April 2nd and 16th. CLOSING COMMENTS - Public Paul and Stephanie Grzybowski, 42 Oak Ave., Stephanie Grzybowski states their home assessment went up 86%. They don’t live on a lake, mountain, and have no acreage. Additionally, they have a limited income and are on a tight budget. Stephanie Grzybowski states that seeing these numbers was a disgrace. Brian Laffond just found out about this recently but believes there may be a remedy. Lynda McQuade will provide the abatement and confirms there was an error in the way that condo complex costs were calculated in Vision. - Board John Rabbitt questions if there were a ny other issues with the condos in town. Brian Laffond states he is currently unaware of any additional issues. ADJOURN There was a motion to adjourn by Sarah Ca mmer, seconded by John Rabbitt. Roll call vote. John Rabbitt aye, Sarah Cammer aye, Brian Laffond aye. The meeting closed at 8:20 PM.