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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: vX5Gexvwjo0):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Introduction, Agenda, and Prior Minutes Review
- 00:01:06: Administrative Items: Warrants, Abatements, and Sales Report
- 00:03:52: Fiscal Year 26 Reimbursement Submission Details
- 00:05:11: Director's Update: Inspections, Forms, Solar Farm
- 00:08:13: Solar Farm Status and American Saw Solar Assessment
- 00:10:19: Motion to Enter Executive Session for Abatements


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Good afternoon. Welcome to board of assessors meeting on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026. We're here today at 382 North Main Street, sweet second floor. Um, in accordance with MGL chapter 30, section 20. Um, LCAD is taping our

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meetings and uh and videotaping them. And we also tape our own meetings and no one from the public is here to attend. In attendance today is board member Hayden Smith, Marilyn Gadini and Martin Greg and a couple others. And then we'll do a

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review of the minutes for the meeting of April 22nd, 2026 from Maryland. >> Okay, Mr. Chairman, I have rem reviewed the minutes from our meeting of April 22nd. I find them to be in order and move that they be accepted.

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>> I agree and second that motion. >> All those in favor? I >> uh administrative items, we have a warrant uh motor vehicle excise commitment number three for $137,669.96.

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>> Sorry, I'm hot and I couldn't remember. >> Do you want to thank you Kianne? Uh And uh for that same amount notice it account for the month of May in the

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amount of 1376696 motor vehicle excise abatements for 2025 and 26 for April amount of 10,319 cents. Seems like a lot. >> Is that normal? Well, we still have

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people coming in purchasing new cars and coming in to filements on the cars that they are in possession of. >> All righty. Um fiscal 26 real estate exemptions for

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April amount of $20,890.76 cents for 2089 for CPA fiscal 26 real estate ament report for April in the amount of 12,74155 CPA gets 12435. Moving right along.

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LA3 sales report for the month of April. There were seven slash8 arms length sales. Oh yeah, there's another one. I know that was a private one, too. Don't need to talk about that one

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either. Or maybe I do. Marilyn would be interested in that one. >> Which one? >> I'll talk later about it. >> Okay. >> In executive session. >> Okay. >> Um, yeah. A quiet month of April. There's a lot of pending sales. I imagine we're

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going to get a lot more in May and June. Double this amount for sure. >> Think so. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> That's it. Any questions from the board on any sales? Marilyn Hayden? >> No, sir.

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>> Okay, let's keep that later. Um, and building report, building permit report for the month of April. >> There was two new dwellings for the month of April. So, that brings the total for the year up to five.

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>> Wow. >> How does that compare with years? >> It was slow last year, too. So it's going to compare to last year. How many we have last year? We remember 13. >> Yeah, probably something like that sounds about right.

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>> I have seen other uh building permits taken out but they have not been issued as of yet. >> Right. I mean there's some areas of the building but some areas have stopped a little bit too. >> Yes. >> Okay. Five. It is

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uh reimbursement submission for fiscal 26. So, you did sign these at our last meeting. Yeah. Uh, but we did find >> on the exemption one, the MDM one. >> Did we miss one? >> We missed one.

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>> We missed one. So, this is an updated one. >> What is the MDM for? >> That is a reimbursement for the exemptions. >> No, all the exemptions. >> Real estate exemptions. >> Survivors. Yeah. Got it. >> Like for the VA, >> right? Veterans,

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>> seniors, >> widows. blind. And then there was also one for >> yes for the motor vehicle excise. Melissa received another one for disabled veteran. So we thought we would get that on the report as well before

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the 30th one that had to be submitted by. >> Okay. There you go. >> And now we have a director's update from Kerianne. >> Okay. So fiscal year 27 forms of lists. I have updated all the personal

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property. >> Yeah. >> Except for the ones that we will be visiting over the summer for any new businesses that have come to town. Uh as required by do the 50/50 utility blend will be the valuation will be completed by our consultant and we are still

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waiting for the central values for the telephones and pipelines which is usually issued in the month of June. >> Okay. Cyclical inspections have begun. Uh they started on May 8th. There's approximately 500 properties that are going to be visited.

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>> Um a representative from Bishop and Associates will be completing the inspections. They have alerted the police department to let them know that they are in town doing the inspections. Uh he does have tags for his door and an ID badge. Um

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>> and we sent letters out. >> And we sent letters out as well. So, we sent letters out for people getting their homes inspected. >> Yes. And any and it will be over the next few months and if any taxpayers have any questions. >> How long how long's the period of uh doing this?

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>> We I mean I say a month maybe two months to get them completed. >> So has he he started? You said >> he has started. Yes. >> So May and June. >> May and June. And he has also asked for us to get as I was going to say my next little thing building permits together. Um, so we have been working or Melissa

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has been working on getting all of our building permits ready to be pulled for them to be going out and doing the inspections on any open building permits that we do have. >> Okay. >> How many people are out doing the inspections? >> There is one person that goes out and does the inspections. >> Yes.

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>> Um, and we have just under 200 building permits that are going out to do inspections as >> you can do 500 in two months if they let him in. >> It's a lot. So, yeah. >> I know they all let them in, but I'm just saying I'm just saying they could

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say, "Oh, yes." And I hope so. Let us know if it goes into July because I like to tell the public if it keeps going. >> Oh, absolutely. >> All right. >> Um, and then there's the 2027 income and expense re forms. Um, those were due

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last week and we received approximately about 40% of the returns. um they keep trickling in and if a commercial property owner has not submitted their form as of yet, we encourage them to complete the form and

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get it back into us as soon as possible. And there is a penalty fee on the third quarter tax bill if the form is not received. >> How much? >> Um it is $250 for commercial industrial and $50 for residential. >> All right. And that's you.

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>> I have a question while it's on my mind. Whatever happened to the solar farm? We were trying to >> Which one? >> Did more than one? >> Well, there's one on the rear of Peas Road. >> I think she's probably talking the DL one. >> Denow Road.

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>> Okay. By American. >> Yeah. >> Um, we have received a form of list from the solar company and I have everything ready for our consultant to review it when he comes in. So, is he the one that makes the recommendation on how we tax it or is

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there a certain rate? >> It will be through personal property. >> Um, okay. >> But he'll probably I didn't take a quick a very close look at that one um because I figured he was better off to be looking at it than myself. But he'll

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probably look at the income and the costs and decide which way is a better way to be assessing that. Has Bishop and Associates started looking at uh 26 values yet? >> No. >> Okay. >> He's waiting for us to finish getting all this

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>> information, all of our data entry into vision before he will get out and inspections. >> How about American Saw Solar? Has that been taxed? >> Yeah, the one I'm talking about is on Denzel is not near. I know that >> it's one street over. Yeah.

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>> Yeah. I didn't know there was a walk over. I thought that >> I know about the one American saw. >> I thought we were complaining about the polls and existing poles >> being that we taxed them and all that.

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>> Oh, you're talking about Eversource. >> Is that one over on >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I >> know. Any of the electrical ones and whatnot go into a folder for Roy to review. And that's probably part of the >> Yeah, he does all that. Yeah, he looks at the uh

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>> I know they were disputing it because it was there but wasn't >> I think we're all done with that. >> Yes, but no, that ATB case has is gone. >> Oh, it has. That went to Okay. >> Yes. >> All right. >> They came to an agreement, I believe. >> Yeah. >> So, that is gone.

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>> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Uh and I believe that's it. >> That's it. Uh, I make a motion to go into executive session to discuss motor vehicle excise and boat abatements and abatement ATV

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update. And we will not be return session. Take a roll call vote. Hayden Smith, >> yes. >> Marilyn Gadini, >> yes. >> Martin Grudgen, yes.