All right, look at that. >> Good morning everyone. >> Good morning. >> Morning. >> This is the regular meeting of the board of assessors October 8th, 2025. Calling the meeting to order at 9 41.
You want to read that this is a public do that? You want me to do that? Mr. East Day, would you read the statement, please? >> I certainly will, Mr. Chairwoman. This is a public meeting being video and audio recorded for cable broadcast and
internet posting on www.dyon-mass.gov and YouTube. >> Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Attendance here. >> Eric East today and our caller William Moore is absent.
Also present is our assessor, Stephanie Sher. [Music] >> What do we have here? Old business. No old business. Right. Right past that to number five. New business. >> New business. Number 5A.
>> Sign motor vehicle abatements. FY 2025. Miss, I make a motion that we sign the monthly levy of 2025 motor vehicle abatements in October
as specified in the attached schedule in the aggregate amount of $772.70. >> And I'll step down and second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I >> I agenda item 5B.
>> Miss Chairwoman, I make a motion that we sign the levy of 2024 vehicle abatements in October as specified in the attached schedule in the aggregate amount of 15
and8 cents. No, I'm sorry. $1,500. No, $535. I'm sorry. $1,358. >> Is it correct? >> No, it is correct. Yeah. Yeah, it does. I was looking at the number wrong and reading wrong. So, $1,358. Yes, that is correct. >> I'll step down and second. Any
discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I >> I 5C sign motor vehicle abatements FY 2023. Miss Chairwoman, I make a motion that we sign a levy of
2023 motor vehicle abatements in October as specified in the attachment schedule in the aggregate amount of $3654. >> I'll step down and second any discussion hearing none. All in favor? I >> I
>> agenda item 5D sign boat abatements for FY2025. >> This is the rest of the other stuff talking about. Okay, Miss Chairwoman, I make a motion that we sign the levy of FY2025
boat abatements on October 6, 2025 as specified in the attachment schedule in the aggregate amount of $25. >> I'll step down and second any discussion hearing none. All in favor? I >> I
and item 5 A warrant commitment motor vehicle excise 2025-05 sorry where we now vehicle two pages to sign. Okay so what do we what do we got here? All right, Miss
Chairwoman, I make a motion that we sign. I require a levy. >> Uh, it's kind of like up in this. >> Where over here? So, motor ve motor vehicle and trailer excise. >> You can just read it over E.
>> Yeah. Yeah. One commitment motor vehicle exercise tax 2025-5th commitment >> 25 fifth amendment. Okay. Set forth with interest the sum total of such list being 51,12654.
>> I'll step down and second. Any discussion hearing? None. All in favor? I >> I agenda item 5 F article submitted for a special town meeting on November 6, 2025. Um, so
>> what do we got? So, you know how when people get older, I'm going to say they put their um homes in a trust. >> That way, you know, family isn't stuck with >> Correct.
So when they put the property in a trust sometimes um they are not considered the owners no longer >> right the trust owns it >> if they're not the trustee >> y >> or they're supposed to have beneficiary >> living yeah they have rights to
>> even though they're so even though or a life estate >> life estate yeah >> right so when things are not done in that way they're they're not qualified for exemptions anymore >> the property is no longer qualify for an exemption because the person living there no longer owns it. Correct. Trust
now owns it and the trust is not eligible for an exemption. >> Correct. >> So there is a law um for veterans. I didn't couldn't find anything for you know a senior >> non veteran. >> Right. Exactly. Non veteran.
>> So um this I put this in for um the town meeting. >> Okay. >> So this is um the wording. It's for U Mass General Law chapter 59 section five. That's like all our laws like that. Okay. >> Um this is clause 22G. Now veterans are
22 AB >> AB >> AB C D E F. >> Yeah. Pretty much like all of them. Yeah. And now and actually we have J and I now too. >> Okay. So we're voting to adopt this for our veterans. um allows disabled veterans who place
their homes into trust to continue receiving property tax exemptions under clause 22A through 22F of chapter 29 section 5. Um and it and I wanted it to take effect for this fiscal year because okay July 1st through April
>> they can >> they can apply >> they can apply so it's right in the middle of the time frame right >> and you know we just sent them out >> October is right in the middle of the time frame. >> Exactly. We don't we don't expect >> and they have time >> they have plenty of time to get them in. >> Plenty of time to get them in. >> Right. And there are a few people
>> that are under that >> that have not been able to receive it. So that's why it when I saw something was on like on our assessor >> right >> board. >> I see. >> Because I actually did not know about this. So um >> so we are >> so
>> adopting this for our veterans. >> We would like to. So it has to go to town meeting. So this is so the wording of it >> what I just read >> STMC >> the little law pretty much >> I will vote to accept the provisions of
mass general law 59 section 5 clause 22G thereby >> disabled veterans law piece which is pretty much exactly what is there >> all right so >> so reading this into the record for our meeting now for the purposes of our
meeting I make a motion to and I'll read it verbatim. >> Got to place the following article on the warrant for a special >> place the following. Okay, Mr. Chairwoman, I make a motion that we vote to place what am I doing? Place this
article >> this article on the warrant >> for the special >> for the special town meeting in November. Right. And this is to see if the town will vote to accept provisions of Mass General Law Chapter 59, section 5, clause 22G, thereby allowing disabled veterans who
place their homes into a trust to continue receiving property tax exemptions under clause 22A through 22F of said chapter 59 section 5 and or take any action related thereto. This will take effect for application exemptions
granted for fiscal year 2026. >> I'll step down and second any discussion. >> You said Rich was around today. Is did he uh Is this something he's familiar with? I assume other places have done this. >> Um I I know I don't know if he I mean
he's not really at one place anymore. He's >> okay. >> He's retired so he just hops around. >> Okay. No problem. >> Okay. No, I think it's a good idea. >> Yeah, I do. >> Absolutely. Sure. >> I mean, there's a few that I mean, I guess unless your lawyer tells you to do
it a certain way, so you still get the exemption and you might not know >> Sure. >> any different then, >> right? Okay. >> And they're not necessarily up to speed on tax law anyhow. Okay. Uh two so far. >> Any further discussion? Hearing none, I'll call the vote. All in favor?
>> I >> I >> Are we signing this or No, there's nothing to sign here. You want us to sign it anyway? No, it's it's just gone to you already given it to the >> I gave it to Yep. I gave it to Karen >> before the deadline. This was just showing the law part of it. Okay.
>> So now tonight they're going over it. So I was hoping that Bill was going to go, but I will go tonight in case there's questions about it. >> The select selectman's meeting. Okay. >> I'll try to get there, but I got a meeting at
>> when I'll get out of there. >> Pizza night's going to have to wait. family and I just >> Oh, you have pizza Wednesday nights, too? >> Yeah, cuz I get out of five. >> I always do take out from like a goros or somebody. >> Yeah. Okay. Um, so the next one, um, I'm actually Bill is familiar with this next
one. Um, it's a property >> on Pleasant Street. >> On Pleasant Street where the map we have doesn't match the deed. And I had Bill look it over and I've done research. So, I kind of wanted to just maybe wait for him because I'm going to have to go
through it all again >> and reexlain it to Bill >> and >> so we can take >> I want Bill's input because he's already looked at it. >> That sounds fair to me. >> So, you want to put it on the agenda for the next meeting? >> Yeah, if that's okay. Just >> So, what's my motion to table this? >> No, put it on the agenda for the next
meeting. >> Okay, Mr. Chair, when I make a motion that we put 5G on the agenda for the next meeting. I'll step down and second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I >> I
just received um that warrant from the county commissioners for our portion of the state the Bristol County tax that Dton has to pay. So, >> but before we do that, y >> uh just for the public, um agenda item
5G that we just moved to the next meeting was uh 2484 Pleasant Street property discrepancy between the deed and the map. We are now on agenda item 5H, which is signed warrant for Dton's portion of
the county of Bristol tax for FY 2026. Okay, so this is the paper. the the warrant is this first page and then the second page is um what actually goes to Paul where he's going to make two
payments of this >> okay >> 118,000 that are >> all right so my motion is that we sign the warrant for Dance portion >> of the county of Bristol's county tax for FY2026 and your motion
>> down a second any discussion >> okay I make a motion I'm sorry I didn't say properly I make a motion that He was saying >> sign the warrant for Don's portion of the county of Bristol County for FY 226 in the amount >> of seven.
>> That's the whole >> Oh, that's the whole thing. I'm sorry. $118,51520. >> I'll step down a second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I >> I was million. >> I was looking at that number. I'm saying
how we how are we going to pay that? Like they're going to have to come and take us. >> Let him try. >> Yeah. Right. They're going to have to put a lean on us. We don't have that much money. >> We took the riffer bought him by eminent domain. We can give them that.
>> That's right. Yeah. Right. >> Agenda item six, public input. No public. No input. Agenda item seven. Do we have any correspondence? Um, no. I just wanted to say, um,
so I know everyone saw that letter that I sent to Dyon Power. >> Just I figure we >> we're waiting to hear back from Dyon Power. >> Yeah, I haven't heard anything. So maybe like every >> month or two, you know. Yeah, I will
just send it back off or ask for that paper again just to keep a trail. >> Yeah, >> going okay. >> Till when we go maybe. >> Yeah, I think it's I think it's good if we end up at the appellet tax board, we'll have a history of trying to get this resolved.
>> Exactly. Oh, I think um Sans Susi Matt said maybe the next thing would be contacting an attorney to I don't know doc get them to respond. >> Yes. >> Yeah. To kind of force the hand a little
bit. >> Yeah. I think >> but we kind of just said why don't we try this first >> but in the meantime they're going to get build based on what we said. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. We have to right. I mean, we unless some other decision is made, we
have to keep the way it is. Yeah, >> we can't. >> Okay, fair enough. >> Yeah. >> Uh, agenda item eight, review and approve minutes if ready. >> I I corrected the um >> August 27th. Yeah, I corrected you. Yeah, I corrected the um
>> the red pen that you >> All right, Miss Chairwoman, I make a motion that we review and sign that we approve and sign the minutes for meeting 82725. Correct. >> I'll step down and second any discussion
hearing none. All in favor? >> I mean, you were a Nancy. >> I think that's a Nancy only. um >> or whoever's acting chair >> whose name is on the back. >> No, you are. I wasn't at that meeting. >> Oh, I was here. Okay. >> So, I can vote on it, but I can't
technically sign that. All right. >> You're supposed to go man between >> Oh, I'm supposed to go down here. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Go wherever you want. >> Nah, whatever. >> I signed it then initialed it. >> That's why real clerk. >> Oh my gosh, look at that. It's crazy.
>> Uh, agenda item nine. Do we have anything on >> anything? We didn't expect >> items. >> No. >> Um I I don't really know. I have I have a few things that talk about, but I don't know. Like I
just got an email about um residential rooftop solar. I saw that. So I don't know where it fits to discuss it. I don't know if probably something you you guys have to take time to read. So, I don't know if I should send it to you first. Um,
>> it was it's a it's an email that came out from uh >> Matt Thomas how to I think like cover ourselves if we're going to get I don't know if we're going to get abatements again from that solar company that does the rooftop,
>> right? because we did last year when he told us to you say deny him because we don't uh charge tax on that. So this is another way of
of voting a certain way. So I don't know if it's something we need to read. We can't just vote. You guys need to read it. >> Right. I see. Okay. >> So fair enough. >> So I can forward >> So we have no >> So I can forward this. It's not even like on the agenda. It was unanticipated because I didn't know what I was going
to do with it. >> Right. Okay. >> These are the the private solar panels people put on their property. >> Yes. It was just like recently it was the our MAO sent a thing out that Matt Thomas >> I do have a question on Bristol County.
So if we could just back up to this. Um, >> so the full amount that we owe is 118,51520. >> Mhm. >> It says we can do it in two payments, >> but my understanding is this always gets paid in full because we get some kind of a little discount if we pay it in full.
Does that ring a bell? I remember that when Mary was here. I remember I think you saying that last time, but I'm not sure if >> Mr. Reynolds might know, >> right? I'm sure. >> I'll just ask him. >> Yeah, I would ask Mr. Reynolds. >> I I'm just It could be that they don't
do it anymore, but um I remember that Mary always said we we pay it off because we get a small amount, but you know, better >> if you have it helps. Save it. Yeah, sure. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> I'll I'll check with Paul and send an email so we know. Um, okay. Uh, if
there's nothing else, um, I need a motion to go into executive session. Do you have the wording for that? >> I, Mr. Chairwoman, I make a motion that we go to executive session. General law chap under general law chapter 30A, section 2 A7,
>> 21A, >> I'm sorry, 21A. You're right. 21 A7 to comply with act under the authority of any special law of federal grant in aid requirements >> to discuss >> discuss FY 2026 exemptions.
>> Okay. Uh I will step down and second uh any discussion hearing none. All in favor? >> I >> I can't see the I think it's 10 >> 10. What's that say over there? >> 10:01. >> Okay, the light is hitting that car. >> 10:01. Y
>> 10:01. Uh, so we're going into executive session at 10:01 >> AM and we will not be returning to open session. Thanks everybody. Have a good day. Stay dry.