All right. I move to open the board of assessors meeting of Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Uh, first item on agenda is call to order. Um, open session. Um, seeing no
one, we will skip that. There's no one on the recording. Uh, next is Moren Clark to provide updates if needed. >> Well, I just have a few updates. Um, we are moving along with the reevaluation.
Jen Williams, who's our do rep, um, has already been looking over the data and sending sending quite a few questions um for me to answer and poss. So, that's we're on our way. We're started. Um, and
for anyone watching, just that you know, we have data collectors out in the field and we will be having them out in the field um, for the next couple of months. So, feel free to call us if you have any questions or contact the Kingston
Police. They're aware of the people in their vehicles. >> Super. That it >> Okay. Uh, next on the agenda is review bills. build. Um, this one is for
>> you know what I failed to read again for the 14th time. This meeting is being recorded. Recorded. Anyone intending to make an audio or video recording of this meeting should notify the chair at this time. hearing. None. We'll move on.
>> First bill WB Mason for $18.99. >> New um second bill is also for supplies. It's a staples and most you see over mainly office supplies. They have the best deal.
The next two invoices are for myself to attend the summer conference um in goodness for summer. I am signed up for two single day sessions. >> Yeah, I think I was looking at Tuesday. >> Yeah, I did.
>> And I'm gonna I'm gonna sneak in on Monday. Yeah, >> because they don't want to pay. >> Can you do that? >> Yeah, you can. You can walk in, but you get no credit. You can go sit down. >> Well, you was my guest. I'll be there Monday night. >> It wouldn't be for credit.
>> Oh, w Yeah. Yeah, that'd be a riot. >> It was all single day. >> Yeah, I I only I think I'm gonna do two days. I think Tuesday I was going to do and make it there was something Friday. >> No, Thursday.
>> No, there was something Friday. That was that whatever that And it's only I'm paying 200 bucks for a half day. >> That's Thursday. Friday's a holiday. >> I'm sorry to Friday. Yeah, Thursday. Thursday. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. >> Um I'm doing Tuesday, Wednesday because it's at it's
>> 80. >> Yeah, that's Thursday. But she's good. >> Yeah. Um, the next is just reimbursement for tariff for sending our plans over to CI, right? Is that correct? >> Well, we're going to pay CI, not right.
>> Oh, oh, you mean driving them up? >> No, she shipped them and used her money to pay for the shipment. So, we're reimbursing her. >> Yeah. Okay. I thought I money. >> I thought it was the whole maps. That's >> 1995. That's a bargaining.
>> Yeah, that'd be a deal. This is um an invoice for data collection. >> No long reach can just leave it just leave it here. Okay, >> you can do it. Um the next is an invoice for PM who is taking a US tab course in
brain tree. So it's um our mileage in a couple weeks. >> Yeah. Didn't even Kurt has taken that text him or anything. Kept thinking about you but dying to see what he thinks. >> We when I did it, you only needed one
day, not the two days. Seven hour. >> Yeah. I think I think even when I actually I did it when the original back in >> Yeah. So we didn't have No, we had seven and a half. >> You sure? >> We I never test on them. >> How'd you get there one day?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um and this this is reimbursement to me for mileage for our tree. Lane inspections back and forth a few times for appointments more than a few
making a good dent in this. And the last skill is from vision appraisal and it's um the amount of work we've done for our rebell so far. >> Directions here. >> We have everything.
>> No, I Well, for my mileage, um Scott has to sign it before you guys do. >> Oh, down here. >> Yes. >> Really? Wow. puts everything complete in here. No questions, but even for
maybe too much. >> Okay. And that is all we have for bills. >> I guess bill. All right. Uh, next on the agenda is open session meeting minutes. Phoenix. And on the back, you'll see a
signature Um, tax commitment. >> Tax commitments. Roll back tax and vote commission. Next item items here. The roll back tax is only for one year. They didn't sell it until the fourth
year. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Anything. There's a space on the one of those pages that it needs to be notorized, Steve. So, >> yeah, >> because they're releasing.
>> They'll do that without they know my signature. >> I'm a notary. >> Oh, okay. >> Good. >> I just I think just you have to sign that or both. >> Yeah, >> I don't know. It says board of
assessments, too. You had to do a free deal to one both >> because >> he couldn't he couldn't it >> he couldn't war it. the only reason why he came. >> No one watch.
>> No, I actually saw a uh a Facebook post this weekend. Was it down in the nook? >> Yes. >> Yeah, I saw this that if he wasn't going to do something, his morning was going away. So that was probably the guy that
panicked. said, "You're getting over." >> So, how many weeks before it come? >> It's June 6. So, >> Oh, so it's right after Memorial Day. Well, two weeks after. >> Two weeks after. Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay.
doing pretty good keeping this in order to >> and the next item of forbid is not for sorry I don't know why I said that authorization
does anybody want to bid on what their bill should be >> where that came from >> that's my calling for when I retire an auctioneer Learn from Richie Gi. >> Oh, he's one. >> Yeah.
>> Is he really? >> Oh, wow. >> And we want to see Steve do the one thing I anticipated before we review town meeting. >> Oh, okay. Um we want to uh we didn't we're going to review a separate item that is uh for
data collection contract that we received yesterday. >> Yeah. So it wasn't anticipated 48 hours prior. >> Yeah. >> So the contract So he's going to he's telling you he's going to do that many. >> He will. >> Not to Yeah.
>> Yeah. Under So I did get three bids anyway. >> Yeah. Well, he knows your town. >> Yeah. Well, I have vision in and this is fairly expensive. >> Yeah. And I want to take three bids with it.
It's even though it's not necessary, >> yeah, because I'm going to have to uh hire somebody to do all my commercials. So, there's no way I'm doing it. Just takes I was inspected CVS over there or one of the ones we have. I don't know if we have more than one, but uh it was
almost two hours. And this thing has a full basement that was like bananas. >> If I wasn't with me, I still would be down trying to figure out how to get out. It was un It It was just crazy. It was
just bananas. >> Yeah. We were going to the um on his personal property with different stuff. >> Yeah. No, that take you years to know one of those offices to know what to look for. >> Yeah. >> It's It's a lot.
>> The RSC people have been doing it for Yeah. But those guys have all worked >> for a while. >> Size of the box. I actually >> It's not It's like a a legal size. >> Thank you. >> Like paper box. >> No, like what the legal paper comes in.
But when it comes >> a WB legal paper, >> a huge the thing is enormous and it's overflowing >> the amount that I actually got back. So it's it's going to be a lot. Uh uh Mari is going to provide us some information
about the town meeting article. >> Well, I think you know all about Yeah. about it. Um I just you um are you going to present it? >> Yeah, I'll present it. That's no problem. >> I haven't seen this hasn't gone if it
has gone through council. I haven't seen it yet. So, it might change a little bit. >> Right. Scott is still putting together the warrant, but so that will be um we'll know what order it's in when we get the order get the warrant.
>> So I should Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I was going to look at some stuff to try and bring some some back up. >> I think a big thing I it's in simplifying it. I mean on first year we get >> we get 18 months of new growth and we
need that. That's good. And also it's just it's on the fiscal year >> by fiscal as opposed to calendar. And that makes it so much easier to have everything on a fiscal year. I I just think the thing that that if somebody buys if I buy Kenny's house, he's going to sell this house and I buy it. I'm
paying full pre tax right then and there. But if I buy a new house, I may not be paying full freight tax on that thing for, you know, 12 to >> 15 months or 18 months or so, >> which that just doesn't, you know, I mean, we got to get it into the system
and caught up sometime. >> No, I I I I have to get used to it again because I had that in my old town. >> Yeah. Um, but no, I I think we just want to make it easy to understand because >> Yeah, I think that's that's simplest way
for a taxpayer to say, "Okay, if I went and bought your house, do you have one right now?" I'd pay taxes right then and there. But if I went and bought a new house currently right now that I closed on in uh say April or May that the guy
started building in January, I'm not actually going to get build on that thing for well if I said April that'd be um literally that would be 15 months until the following July. But I finally >> know that.
>> Yeah. Which is why they do things in January. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So that's that's all with that. Just to know that you'll be presenting it. I will be there. Um >> have they two copies?
>> No, I I didn't know if Dan was coming. >> That's okay. I'll save it for Dan. >> And um that's it except for next meeting. >> Oh yeah, next meeting. We've got it said would be June. Is that okay with you guys?
>> Town meeting is done. >> Sorry, I have to tell my town meeting at 6. So it will be the Tuesday after. >> Any What's on the warrant? Is there any chance the town meeting will go over? Because if it does, it'll be usually it's next Tuesday, isn't it?
>> I haven't seen the warrant yet. Um but if it is, we'll just we'll have enough time to cancel. >> Okay. >> Right. >> Yeah. I mean, we can schedule it for the 9th and then if it doesn't work out the 9th, we'll have to do it the uh Would it be the 9th? Because don't we usually uh
Oh, yeah. Because June is on uh the first. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Right. Right. Yeah. No, >> we could do it the next week. I guess we just have to find another room. >> Yeah. Well, or whatever. If you if you want to then if we're usually the second and the third if you want to do it the 23rd.
>> We have this room sec. Well, we have the room second and fourth. >> Yeah. Actually, the the thing that's weird is there's five Tuesdays in that one. >> Yeah. >> So, yeah, you could do it whatever one works. The second if the second doesn't work, we have to cancel that. >> Yeah. >> Then we'll just go to the four.
>> And I think it's a Saturday, so I don't think we It's not like a night that you do four hours and go to the next day. I think they'll do six hours in one day and finish it. >> Yeah. Trouble with a meeting that late. They could have trouble getting a quorum to What do
>> you mean Saturday? Saturday morning. >> It's during the day. Yeah, but still in the summer. >> Oh, I'd be >> in the summer time. That's what I'm >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know. It's late. >> Oh, we'll we'll grab a school bus. We'll head down to Grace Beach and pick some
folks up or bring them over. >> Give him a free cell phone and >> Well, I don't know about that. Maybe give him a free sub. That'll get to go. >> Yeah, that sounds good. 23rd. Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Um,
should we do >> we go into executive session because we have >> Yeah. Okay. Do you want to go right in or do you want to um Okay, >> let's go in and we can maybe get it done before um >> Yeah. >> Yeah, that's fine. What time is it?
>> 6 o'c. >> All right. It uh I move to enter into executive session not to return to open session in order to comply with MGL chapter 59 section 60 to discuss exemption applications the contents of
which are not public record. Do I hear a second? >> Second. All those in favor? >> I >> I so move. Yeah. 549.