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Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=bRtIlYS90FI

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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: bRtIlYS90FI):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Start, Introductions, Pledge Allegiance, Noise Apology
- 00:00:54: Approval of Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise List Levy
- 00:04:21: Warrant Commitment for Second Half of School Bill
- 00:08:50: Table School Bill, Discuss Real Estate Exemptions
- 00:09:53: Approval of Real Estate and CPA Exemption Levies
- 00:11:09: Approval of 2026 Enterprise Demand and Diane Call
- 00:12:57: Phone Call Clarification: Sewer Bills & Aquaria Usage
- 00:15:42: Approve Sewer Bill, Public Input: Annual Reports
- 00:16:47: Executive Session Discussion and Veteran Reimbursement
- 00:20:17: Motion to Move to Executive Session Adjournment


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Good morning. Uh this is the town of Don Board of Assessors regular meeting on March 11th, 2026 and the time is 9:37. I'd like to start by saying uh please forgive us for the obnoxious clicking

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noise, but the security system is having a stroke and there's nothing we can do about it. >> Beeping. >> Uh so it's beeping. There's clicking. Just deal with it. Um, this is a public meeting being video and audio recorded for cable broadcast and internet posting

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on www.don-mma.gov and YouTube. Uh, I would like to ask that 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

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for all. old business. >> Y for the vehicle for 26. We have two. This two here is that one. >> Um that one is

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um the veterans that are 100% they have their excise abdated. So we're trying to keep it separate so it might be easier to because we can't sort by it's very strange. We can't go into

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Vadar and sort by um what we put the description as like exempt something weird. So >> Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve and sign the motor vehicle and trailer excise list levy 2026

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in the amount of $1,54157. >> I second that motion. Motion second. Any discussion? No. All in favor? >> I >> I I Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve and sign the list of motor vehicle available

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trail exercise uh in the amount uh of 26 and this was dated March 11th in the amount of $4,33923. >> I second that motion motion and seconded. Any discussion

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there? None. All in favor? Chairman, I move that we approve and sign the levy of 2025 motor vehicle abbements in March 11th in the amount of $15.91. >> I second that motion. >> Thank you. Seconded. Any discussion?

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I think should just $15. That's crazy. >> All in favor? >> I think says fine. >> We do not have See, we don't have um >> Yes, we that's why I put it just in case.

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>> This one's Steve, >> Mr. Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve and sign the motor vehicle vent and trailer excise tax levy of 2023 motor vehicle abatement date of March 11th

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$23651. I second that motion. >> Motion and second. Any discussion? All in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> The next one is a warrant commitment for

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um the second half of the school bill. There's actually um two sheets and they are added up to to equal >> one signature. >> Yeah, just on the front two. We need the warrant and the

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commitment. >> Oh, okay. I have stickies >> now. Buy them stickies. >> No, I reuse them. >> Good. Stick no longer. >> Right. Well, we got a good probably >> Why are there two?

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>> Oh, she gave this to us earlier and I think the Aquaria wasn't. >> Everything looks identical other than the amount. >> Oh, yeah. this one. >> I mean, so it's like sewer base.

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>> See, aquar is on this one, >> but it's not on this, >> right? Query usually is like a separate bill. >> Okay, >> it's a water. >> But why am I getting two different bills? Let's say sewer base, for example. >> Because this one, I think, is just aquarium.

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Okay. Right. Take a look. So, it's it seems >> so the sewer the sewer bills you have there are two fees listed. One is uh usage actual I don't know. I think it's cubic feet. pumped >> something. Yeah.

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>> And and then there's a fee. You pay a fee. Besides that, like on our water department bills, there's a like a service fee, but you don't have that. >> Service fee like 135 is it? And then your gallons that you used, >> right? >> So,

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>> so it's distribution, I think, and then >> But I'm looking at two pieces of paper that seem to say the exact same thing with different numbers on it. I'm curious why what's the difference? Why is there >> what it makes?

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>> This total is 4600. This one's 100. >> It's a huge difference. It's almost like it was an afterthought or is it a different year? >> Is this the same? See if I can. >> So all of these charges together add Oh,

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no. This one's 4600. >> I'm wondering because this is the the let's say the office of the construction facility and this one is actually related to production. Yeah. the salinization.

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>> That's the del one. >> It's the big one. >> Usually it's Yeah, you I think so. I don't I really don't know. They just hand us the paper and we're like, "Okay, I can't imagine paying us 186,000.

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I wouldn't be surprised. >> It's only build twice a year. >> And I'm thinking there must be a relatively large sugar charge for the power plant, too. >> Doesn't show up on there.

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>> Well, they use water for cooling. >> This one draws water and processes, but then I think they discharge back discharge by river sewer system. Okay, she's writing. Let's hold on this one. Move to the

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>> Well, she said this is urgent. >> Well, it has to. It should be done. >> No, I mean today I just come in. I'm trying to get some sign. >> All right. So, we'll come back to that one.

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>> We need a motion to table. >> No, no, we're not going to table. I'm going to make a motion to take agenda item 5. >> That's the appropriate motion table is appropriate. >> It is on the table. >> That's the And then later on we motion to take it off the table. >> I make a motion to take

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>> second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> That's agenda item 5 E. >> 5e. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So yeah right further application which means the beeping and the

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clicking. We still got that anyways that no one could ever figure out. >> No the beep beep. Yeah. Oops. I have a whole band going. >> I could slow

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it up. >> Yes. >> Is this F or is this G? >> That is >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve and sign the levy of 2026 real estate

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exemptions date of March 10th in the amount of 2,266.30. >> I second that motion seconded in discussion. All in favor? >> I I chairman. I move that we approve and sign the levy of 2026 CPA exemptions

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dated March 10th in the amount of $391. >> Second that motion. >> Motion remains seconded. All in favor? >> I I Is this the loan program? Um, this is

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Yes, I think so. This was from when we did the bills. >> Mhm. >> We didn't put this as a war commitment on it because we haven't before, but Selena wants us to. So, I don't really know. >> Okay. >> This is a demand,

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>> right? Okay, this is good. 28. Okay, Mr. Chairman, I move that sign enterprise 2026 demand

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>> demand. >> Yeah, >> that's a dollar. Oh, sorry about that. $417.71. >> All right. And I second that motion. >> Second. Any discussion? All in favor?

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>> I >> I have Dian. We can give her a call. >> Yeah, let's call Diane. >> So, motion to take item >> is it? >> Motion be made. Uh so move

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>> second all in favor I speaker >> please do >> it's two I didn't see the second >> hi Diane and Stephanie you're on speaker with the board >> be nice

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>> okay So there's just a few questions about um >> about the about the bills. >> Yeah. Just I I just have a question saying like I see >> two pieces of paper. >> Quiet.

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>> Silence. >> Uh two pieces of paper that like >> say the exact same thing, but they're two very different amounts. I don't understand what the difference between these two are. Uh, one is for 5,000 and the other is for

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>> correct. So when when I when I do the billing, I print a commitment. And when I excuse me, when I did this last billing, when I was um stuffing the envelopes, I realized there were multiple accounts that didn't get build. They didn't get

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posted, and so I had to go back in and post them. So those are just it should all it could all be one commitment but where I had already done the one I added the other one to it. >> So you're saying it's just basically a

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clarifier that you missed some and so you added added a second sheet. >> I said there's no so there's no overlap. >> Exactly. >> No no not at all. Um it's the same date and everything was used. It was just it

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was the North Don um non-residentials that didn't get posted for some reason and but I realized it before I sent the bills out so I re added those bills to it. >> Okay. Um if you could, you know, if this

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happens in the future, just put a note on there or something that just explains that. So >> Diane, N this is Nancy. Um >> hi. Why is the aquaria bill so high? Are they drawing water and discharging into

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the system? >> Well, they they keep the the plant clean. I don't think I don't know what they're discharging. We don't get anything for that, but that's to keep it clean. And it's um normally it's around $6,000. it was time to test. But they

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had um they actually had some months where they didn't do any discharge and they had some months where they did probably double to triple what they usually do, but we don't get the reasoning behind that. >> Okay. >> Okay.

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>> Thank you very much. >> Anything else? >> Nope. We're good. >> Okay. >> Thanks. Byebye. >> Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve and sign be

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warrant commitment for FY2026 second half sewer bills in the amount of $191,84.15. I second that motion. Motion made second. Any discussion? I didn't I'm sorry. I wasn't dropping

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pants. Um see what you said. Was it >> 191 >> $191,845? >> All in favor? >> I I >> I public input.

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>> Uh I just got a quick thing. I did the annual reports for the board of assessors and the fence viewers. I sent them out to you guys and I need to know if they're okay because I got to get them to I think it was last Friday. >> It's over the weekend.

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>> Thank you. >> I just I've got to get them to uh Leanne by the end of the month and I told her that they were um I had them with me and we could um have today. >> So, you're all set? >> Yeah. >> Okay.

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Okay. >> I had that in the correspondence. >> Oh, okay. >> Wait a second. >> Let's go. Um, so do we have executive session today? >> Yeah, I have three abatements. >> We have to deal with. Um, I've heard

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nothing at all from Paul or anybody else about the um disabled fund. Do we have any candidates that >> um be rejected for whatever reason?

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I think they might maybe only one maybe. >> And have you referred them to you? >> That's why I'm bringing it up. Okay. >> Because it's like it just went silent. Nobody's doing anything. >> You ready for motion on 10?

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>> Uh before you do that, there was a um an email from the Department of Revenue about a form. Is that what you're working on now? It has to be filed by April 30th. >> That's um reimbursement for veterans. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Because when I saw I said I don't think we have to do anything. This is Stephanie.

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>> Okay. >> Um here did we not? So we were talking last night and um didn't we sign one of the clauses or or accept one of the clauses

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that allowed for cost of money increases for >> I thought we did. We did. Which one is there? >> F. >> Keep going where it says the board. Oh, the very last one. See, article was proposed by Rh supported by the board of

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>> No, it says uh disabled veterans put their homes under trust. >> It's not cost of living, >> right? So, I think it was previously when we voted to >> I think so. I'll I'll find

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>> if it is tell me what it said and I can just go with it. Okay. >> Well, if we >> Well, I think I don't even know if it's for this one if it we already >> if we don't have a cost of living adjustment in currently. >> Mhm. >> He would get up at town meeting every

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year and ask for it. >> Yeah. She got >> right. So, >> so if there's a one of these clauses if we haven't adopted, >> right? We haven't adopted it yet. Let's get it on the warrant for this this upcoming meeting.

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>> But I think >> I want both of those. >> Okay. Forg. >> Yeah. Can you just double check? >> I'm sorry. I'm reading. There wasn't a lot to report in this time, but there is

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some historical stuff. >> This is great. Thank you very much, Nancy. I always appreciate you doing this. I'm glad to read anything. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> What is the date on that? >> I don't know. >> June.

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>> June, actually. Yeah, June. >> It's June. >> All right. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we move to executive session under general laws chapter 38 section 21A7 to comply with or act under the authority of any special law or federal grant in

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aid requirements. >> Second. >> Motion remains seconded. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I I will not be returning to open session. So, thank you all very much. Have a nice day.