Okay. Uh move to open the board of assessors meeting of Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 at 5:31. >> First item on the agenda is open session. >> I I just had I actually did have a
question. Sure. Um >> so I've been looking over the LA3 the sales reports. You had sent them a while back. I had a question on the assessment sales ratio is the assessment of the property at the time it's sold, right?
So it's it's the assessed value divided by what? The sale of the property >> divided by sale. Yeah. >> So you know just looking at the LA3 that was submitted. It looks like the assessment sales ratios are using the newer values >> that well that would have been after we
first look at it before the values. So they start we start with what's there and then you have to make them come in for the for the whole town has to be between 90 and 100%. >> Right. >> So that's what they that form was what we were going to submit to the state. So
it was after it was worked on. >> Oh okay. That's that's what I was trying to understand is why if the assessment sales ratio was or is you know the assessment the time it sold divided by the the price of the selling why. >> Yeah. that
>> why we use current why we use the newer values that they're going to be future >> assess like the second go and I think I gave that to you guys when um I was going to submit it to the state it has to be already looked at and worked on and then I submit that to the state.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> All right. Second thing on the agenda is morning clock to provide office updates. >> Well, we got the bills out. Um, >> woohoo. >> Sure did. >> And so, yeah.
Um, anyway, so the bills are out and right now, um, there's not too much going on at the office. We are just in the abatement season. So, people have been coming in and calling up and just questioning their assessment, which is great, and asking, you know, some have
filed abatements, some are happy with our explanation. Um, but it's been a busy week with the abatements and probably the rest of the month. But other than that, we're pretty good with everything in the office. Um, we'll start working on the mapping probably at
the beginning of February. Tara does that. Um, PM's keeping updated on the chapter land and the exemptions. Um, so right now we're in good shape. So, all right. Uh, next item on the agenda is meeting minutes.
Here you go. This one set >> on meeting minutes. >> Do we not have them updated on the the website in terms of the ones that have been approved? I'm not talking about necessarily like
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> the immediate ones, but >> have they been updated? Yeah. for the most part. Um I think there well first of all with the executive sessions we do we had a >> um a motion years back that we still stick to which is executive is not
released until 90 days decision. >> Right. Right. Right. Right. >> Um but with the open session when it's signed it is typically uploaded within that week or a week before or a week after. >> Okay. I I was I was just having trouble finding it. So >> the website can be a little bit like
cumbersome. I always find it best by going to the main calendar on the home screen, okay? >> And then going back to the month that you're looking for and going from there. >> For some reason, the website does kind of split things up between past agendas
and minutes and then current agendas and minutes, but that the current ones are about we've been doing that for maybe two years. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. >> Yeah. But I can help you if you want to call. I can like walk you through. >> Okay. Yeah. So, I just I just went to the agendas minutes
um tab that that was on the homepage and >> and I I couldn't I couldn't find anything. No, >> I it was a precursor. >> You're not alone. Let me tell you >> it's help with that. >> I know. I'm just thinking we should probably contact whoever the it is. >> I agree.
I mean, >> so I had a question on this last year with another particular department in town and the best thing you do is you go to Zoom. >> Okay. >> Every single meeting in this building is recorded. >> Yeah. >> So you don't even have to look at the minutes. You can just go to that Zoom
and watch that takes a little. >> Yeah. But I was going to say a lot longer to >> depending upon meeting if you're looking for something specific want to see what's going on at that particular meeting. >> Yeah. Again, I you're going to find that
much quicker than you will minutes on that website. >> And I I have voice I say I think it's it's difficult to to um navigate through and and >> I actually more that
>> I'm computer literate which I >> it's but I'm like just looking I can go yeah I go to other sites and it's easier. >> Okay. Um, but I will we have a new town administrator, um, Scott, and so on.
>> His last name is >> Lamb. Thank you. >> Um, um, >> the fifth he started, so he's into his second week. >> Okay. >> Um, >> where did he come from? >> He came from Abington.
>> So, um, seems like Okay. Worked at Ducksberry a little bit before, but >> I worked with him over there. He's the second town administrator that came from Abington. >> And just like a sess >> that's that's musical chairs and everything in town halls. >> Yeah.
>> Just to backtrack a little bit. >> Kevin, I think Kevin Donovan came from >> Yeah. Glad, you know, it's good to have him here. >> All right. I do have an announcement. This meeting is being recorded by the local scene. Anyone interest intending to make an audio or video recording of this meeting should notify the chair at
this time. Had to get that in. >> Better late than never. >> Yeah, right. It's there, you know. >> Right. >> All right. Now we get bills. >> Okay. So, we have two bills. Um, one's for PM to take a class and the other one
is for me to take use, which we have to take every day class, which assesses have to take every two years. Um, >> what what is used Pat? >> It's more it's like ethics and and it's really for raisers more like all the
things you can do, what's ethical, what's not. It's pretty dry. Steve, we you had one last year. >> It's it it's more the ethical and the procedural things that you're supposed to follow. If you Google it, you'll get the huge
document. It came about in 1989 when the first bank failure happened. Congress said, "Oh man, we got to make rules for these guys that are doing appraisals." >> Um, and they and they did. And uh, >> and it was appraisals mainly and then it came over to the
>> Yeah. And it >> it was the banks anyway. It wasn't the appraisals, >> right? Yeah. It was the banks. >> Yeah. It's it's kind of getting a little overburdened with this um >> every two years. Well, just these new fangled things of what words you can use
and can't use. So, gets gets >> you have the appraiser Yeah. part of them in there. >> Um, the next bill is from Vision. It's the um PDFs for the website. So, the new ones are already up there. >> Uh, sorry to interrupt, Mr. Stevens. I
think you and I both did the same thing. We signed on top of the >> sticky. >> The clear sticky. >> Oh, I was the clear sticky there. Yeah, I did the same thing. I didn't see it until >> I didn't see it. >> So, I So,
>> you signed off your signature on >> I did. >> Okay, I see it now. There's a little bit of it. >> So, yeah, the website is all set. It has the PDFs on there. >> Thank you.
>> This is um Can I ask a question on on using vision? So you used to have vision. So you could it wasn't just through access put some on the jeep from the G to GS. So you should be able to like look up
properties and look up comparable sales, those types of things. That's not available anymore. >> No. the board voted I don't know a year and a half ago to because of the cost to not um have that feature anymore and I know it was before this board but I know Ken you liked it as well.
>> Yeah it a lot used a lot. >> Yeah I think I think it's a a good feature because especially for people that >> How much how much did did we save? >> I think more or $5,000 that much. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
Maybe maybe you should talk to Vision and say, >> you know, because of all the of all of their customers do that, they're the ones they're losing. >> Yeah. Yeah. But the thing, we just did an RFP over in Stoton and um we couldn't
even look at their RFP. It was it was that egregious as to how huge the price was. I was like, you've got to be kidding me. I just didn't Yeah. >> Well, here's the thing. H having done a little a lot of programming in my life. When you write the program to do that
kind of thing, it's out there and all they have to do to make it work in any given town is flip a switch and it works. >> Well, good. They charge you five grand. They charge each town five grand. >> But all the towns start doing what we
did. They're just shooting themselves in the foot. Because I do I think it is useful, you know, because I I have again I get people that ask all the time, >> you know, how do I not only do how do I look it up, but well, if I'm going to go to the assessors with an abatement, I
say, well, you should have like comparable sales. Well, how do I get comparable sales? You know, because if you look at the property cards themselves, it doesn't say, hey, you know, we use this as a comparable sale, that sort of thing or anything like that. That's why I had >> there is a there's a there's a simple enough report I can show you in vision
to run and you can put that on the website that's in Excel. >> Oh, I could put the I can put a sales report in there. >> Yeah. >> Um but then you still have to go through your style and stuff. It's still not as easy as saying but that it's >> but that's why I had asked if how many
>> you have so many licenses with vision >> for concurrent, >> right? I use one more license available. If you could have one for each member of the board, I don't know what that would cost. There would be a tradeoff. When you say license, what what does that
mean? >> So, what I have there's also a a fee we pay for vision um it pays just to have vision. Yeah. You have up to >> We have one. We have three right now. I think it's up to five is the same price. >> Okay. >> Um one's on the counter computer, which
no one really uses anymore, so we wouldn't even need that. which would make it >> but it right there if somebody comes in to file an abatement they can yeah >> look at that that computer on the counter >> they can do that >> and yeah >> but it would be like if someone wants
that any of the board members >> so you have one left over right now >> I have one left over >> we do have one that's like an umbrella though for our consultants so you could have one login for for the three of you if that's what you chose to do we could name it like >> so what happens if you try to use
somebody else's just tell you that you know you're you're over the limit. >> Um >> they will if they have to install it >> they would have to install it on your home computer. >> All right. Well, I understand but >> you still have to
that that's the client, >> right? >> Be known as the client, >> right? >> But the client has an identification. So you could put the same client on multiple computers and as long as they don't all try to go on at the same time, they would work. That's what I'm I'm
asking is if the same client was installed on two computers, does it does it stop the second one? >> I have no each login is a log. >> Well, sometime you exceed the number of
seats that you have five seats. What's really tricky about that, I don't know if we want to get into the whole minutia during a meeting here, but um we had a license for four only. We had u no we had five because we had at the time four people in the office and one on the counter >> just in ducks or
>> but then um I started screaming in the mid- teens I I have a three4 billion dollar asset that I'm trying to manage and I can't work on this stuff at home. So, I got a laptop. They became another access point and they never caught up
with it. I always was concerned because I had a license for five because once you get over five, it gets into a six to 10 category and you pay a different fee for that. >> Yeah. >> But your laptop, I have a laptop, but I just sign into my my user. >> Yeah.
>> Signing into you. The thing that wked me out is I was calling their IT department to say like, I need to set this computer up. They were like, "Yeah, okay, great." They just like said, "Okay, fine." >> I said I would talk to him someday and >> yeah, come in someday. Yeah. >> To be continued.
>> But that and that's great. It's still I guess we can talk about it before um next year, but >> as far as residents still don't have access to it, so that's something the board can can decide what they want to do on it. It's budget's tight. So
>> that would be uh we got any more bills? We do. Um, this is for the bill for advertising for the RFP. >> So, we have that out next year, our rebell year. >> Joy Joy. >> So, we're >> When you say advertising for the >> We have to put in the paper.
>> Okay. just so we don't put the same >> I just ask so that anybody who's >> we usually do more than we need to just to so that everyone >> even for our classification here and you don't have to advertise in the paper but you can see we always have along with
the website so people >> just in a local do they tell you >> in a local >> do they tell you where that where does that appear like patriot ledger whatever the ganet publications It's the local paper. It's not the patri Patriot
ledger. Trisha >> Wicked local. >> Yeah. >> And it's on the website. >> Ganet own the ledger and that's why I asked. >> But doesn't the ledger tie to Wicked Local? Do they? I don't know. I think Ganet owns the ledger. >> Wked local kind of take things from
other sources or vice versat. >> Yeah. Um, so far I've only had one turn in which is um for personal property. >> That's crazy that it's $90 approximately. So the oppositive
>> that's why is there no more rent stuff? That's why it's so expensive. >> Um, okay. No more bills. >> No more bills. That's the end. >> All right. Um, >> do you want to do non anticipated before the >> Oh, okay. Yeah. So nonanticipated. We
have the December up abdatement report. >> Yeah, this was just um not put together by the time the agenda was done and it's just uh at the end of the month for all the abatements that have been already approved, all the exemptions that every
meeting um the senior exemptions, the veterans exemptions that you guys approve them and we just do a end of the month report to the treasurer and the accountant. People who are getting money back will get the money back and those other ones it
applies to the bills. Same with motor vehicles don't go on the clear part. >> That actually is a line. >> No, no clear part on that one. Thank you. >> Hey.
>> Okay. So, um in open session here, kind of coming back to something that was old business is discussion of section 40, chapter 653. Um I presented some of this stuff last meeting. >> Do you any of you need these?
>> No, I actually print it out. I have it with me. >> All right. So, I um I don't know what questions people have, but um I think it's something we should put on the Springtown meeting so this town can capture that growth.
>> Didn't we already put this when I was on the board back in between I think I got on 2018 to 2021. I thought that this had come up before. Um >> the so essentially what it what it I if
if my understanding is correct is >> typically if you do construction in the course of a year >> right >> it essentially skips a year until it gets onto your assessment. Is that fair? Similar to like a sale. >> Well like right now for fiscal 27
it would be what's there January 1st >> as of as of just two weeks a week ago. Yeah. >> Correct. versus for fiscal 27. It would be what could be captured between now and >> yeah. So someone built a house February,
>> right? >> Land. Yeah. They're putting on land >> and they would do that until essentially January of the following year. >> It beically July >> then it goes to a fiscal year. >> That's when you're you get a fiscal year bill. I mean we're we're looking at
fiscal 27 right now for billing. So it's it's a 1 126 date, but um that person builds the house in February. They're not going to see that reaction to that. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. So it would be similar to like if someone bought a house in
in 2026, they wouldn't see that until it was a brand new house that just came on the books. uh you know, they might have pulled a permit in December and they purchased it in March and moved in, they wouldn't get an actual real tax bill until the summer
of 27. >> Yeah. But if it's not a it's not a new house, somebody would be paying tax on it by because you that's what you handle at the closing. >> Yeah. But but I I I guess my my question again I'm everybody might be
understanding what I'm asking and maybe I'm just not hearing >> hearing it correctly but for example I'm just using this as an example >> um there was a house sold in so on the LA3 the sales report for example
>> the current values that we see on this >> can I before we sell LA3 >> um if it's a new house >> it's an issue though 90% of those properties on that LA3 are going to receive a bill. It was when at closing,
you know, the correct taxes got paid. It's on that brand new house, >> but I'm talking about the change in the in the valuation, >> right? So, let's use like was saying this this past January, we got January 1. So, the guy applied for a permit in December. Yeah. There was nothing there
as one one. Now, he shows up, he puts the foundation in. 60 days later, voila, we have, you know, a standard, you know, threebedroom, bath and a half house. It never might be, >> right? >> It'll be four months to build something bigger, right? >> Um, he's not going to get a bill on that
until the summer of 27. He'll get a bill on the ling, >> right? >> But the bill that's going to show up next January, January 27, that's as of what was the 1126, correct? And it was only >> dirt. Correct. And so my question is is if a house a house that's already
existing sells just say you have a house that's valued at $500,000 >> and it sells for just say 750 750,000 in February of this year that adjustment on the assessed value of that house wouldn't take effect until
>> similarly January of next year or the 2028 that you're talking about. That that's what that's what I'm saying because all these sales all these sales on here occurred in 2024 >> and they're just getting the valuation
impact in January of 2026. So there's almost like a one-year lag time. >> Basically say it's two years. We use sales to value. >> Better way to think, >> right? Okay. >> 26 bill comes out using 24 sales. >> 24 sales. I will say in in the past what
I've experienced is you know that guy that bought the this house this February there may be sales from 25 that happened that are also influencing why that guy paid 750 so his neighborhood might just be seeing a big because
>> I don't know they found something there you whatever so values are skyrocketing so there may be prior sales that may edge his up his value might have only been 550 yet somebody paid 750 54. So do his value go up to 600 because there
were sales in 25 that influenced it and his 26 sale is going to further influence the to the next. >> But that's not new. That's not >> No, I don't even think he was talking about >> this. This doesn't impact that though. >> No, right. I I guess what I'm asking is so if you had new construction in 2024,
it would the value from that new construction 2024 wouldn't take effect till 2026. Similar to sales >> of existing homes, >> whichever was there January 1st is the value. >> Yeah. >> The the thing is is the 26 uh valuation
date was 1125. >> So what was on that site as a 1125? It was a new house in 24. Correct. >> It's getting a bill. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I think the thing is is it it I basically look at it is there's a six-month >> Yeah.
>> that um you know depending if you're before or after January 1st or stuff happens before or after July 1, you know, does that push you into the next fiscal year for value or not? Um instead of being out for a whole year,
>> right? >> Right. I get you. It just shortens up the time frame and I look at since the town is not that this is going to bring in huge money, but I just think it's um >> scrapping for cash. >> No, it's not scrapping for cash, but I think it's more equitable.
>> I I just agree. >> How many houses that that you have, right? You're getting a bill on those properties all the time, right? And somebody builds a house, they should not pay taxes on that for a whole year. But it's the same thing as if someone buys a house for way more than than it's valued
for. And we always say the sales determine the valuation of the home, which then impacts your property taxes. So similar to someone buying an existing home, say for example, again, I'm just I'm just picking one out of the hat here. So like there's a house here that
was valued at 455,000 and it sold for 615,000. Well, they're not getting impacted by that tax until up a full year later. So >> don't so want similar houses getting >> correct. But I'm
>> also assuming that some whoever bought the house didn't just overpay for it because if the house isn't worth it, it isn't worth it. People do overpay. >> That's correct. >> That's another case. >> But that's what we're using as a buyer. >> House in my neighborhood that paid for
over a million dollars and that house you just gave him an abatement, right? the little >> tape. >> We talked about it across from across from Jim. >> That house was not worth a million. No, >> a million text.
>> But that was data. That was data corrections. >> Yeah. So there's always going to be outliers. >> I mean, so then I have a reason to do it. It's like, yeah, I'll go and inspect it because they overpaid. >> So they paid for it and I changed the the data because I have to do it's there.
>> And that only three that gets admitted to the state. the ratio for that is going to be on those sales that or the the the median ratio is going to be 95. The state's going to go, okay, great. You're in he got coods. So, there might be an individual on there that has paid
650 and they're only valued at five. But there's going to be a guy on there that paid five and he's valued at 650, >> right? It So, so to me, it doesn't matter which way it goes. My my my point really is about the timing, right? So someone who who buys a property in 2024 doesn't see whether they paid more for
it or they paid less for it, they don't see the change on that assessed value until 2026. And in terms of being equitable, I think the same should hold true for new construction as well. That houses that are built in 2024 shouldn't
see the impact until 2026, you know. And the other thing too is is just going back to, you know, prior >> that's exactly what this does. No, this one jumps it 6 months earlier. >> No, if it was a house that was built in 2024, the valuation date for 2026 is
1125. So, whatever was on that parcel as a 1125, that's what's going to get built for 2026. >> So, what about all the all the stuff we picked up between January and June 30th?
>> But he's he's going back to looking at all these sales. And here an individual bought a house in May of 2024. >> Yeah, >> they bought a new house. >> Everybody that bought a house in 2024 is getting a bill based on what all the
sales said we should adjust the tables to land in building and then those new constructions also fall into that. The thing is is in the case if someone bought a house in 2024, he would have gotten a bill for that in
2025, fiscal 25, right? They would have gotten a bill for it, but not not based on the sale of of that property at that time. So, so similar to someone has a vacant lot, they put a house on it, it now has a new value. Well, when someone buys a house for more than we have it
assessed at, that has a new value. And so those new valuations and those increase in valuations, whether it's an existing house or a new construction or even an addition, those as of now aren't getting picked up until the the subsequent year. And so what I'm
saying is I don't think that's equitable to just go after the new construction say, well, you have new value, right? Because we look at new value not just from size of the house. We consider that new value as new growth. So new growth is even an increase in sales prices. Is that not fair to say?
>> No. >> No. New No, that's not part of it. That's part of the rebell. The new growth is just if it's something that wasn't taxable before change. >> Oh, so so so forgive me. That's not how it had been explained to me >> in years past. Okay.
>> Um by I'll say any any assessor in in this town. And I'm going back to 2014 because >> you guys don't know. I ask a lot of the same questions over and over again. um that that's not how it was explained that that that if a house sold for more than it was valued assess that
>> that's not new growth >> that that was being considered as new growth. Okay, >> that is actually what is in the revaluation of it. The new growth is like additions, you know, new homes >> and that's how that's how I always understood it. But that's I was always
trumped over, right? um in terms of in terms of that but but the other thing I do want to mention too is you know just going back to when I was discussing putting more information on the executive sessions and there was a concern especially for Mr. Dunn about you know the the the office has already
worked significantly you know um that I don't think that it's really you know appropriate in line with what Mr. done had been saying to essentially now we're going to be adding even more work and that's that's going to be more work than just adding a couple more
details to an executive session agenda. So, you know, for those reasons, >> yeah, >> in including what I had said prior, I'm not in support of it. >> And do you have any comments? >> I um I agree that it doesn't bring in a whole lot more money. Um it does bring
in more money. The other thing that it does is it increases the the levy ceiling earlier because you're bringing those things on 6 months. You're bringing them on so
that they're on the end at the end of the year that new growth because that is new growth. >> Mhm. >> That's on a six months earlier. So it increases the levy limit 6 months earlier too, doesn't it?
for the first year as well. I I think so. The first year, right, you would get So, right now, I would be doing all the permits for 25. If this passed, it would be all of 25 in the first six months. >> Well, June 30th, but that's the only one
year you get the >> the extra. >> Say what I'm saying. No, since since they're coming on earlier, they're increasing the levy limit earlier, and I don't know what that what that means. I guess I'm I don't know what your
schedule is. You know, your routine. I know it's very cyclical as is most offices in the >> town. My my >> I would be more interested in in that what it does to the workload and you know when you can do things and if it makes it more convenient then I'm all
for it. >> So but me if you I don't have a vote on this but um I'm really buying either way with it. My only concern is doing it this year, >> this particular year, >> this particular year, because it's a reval year and
>> but the thing is is if it gets voted on at this town meeting, it would take effect for fiscal 27 >> that that would be f like >> it can't take it can't take effect in fiscal 26. That ship is already going to have sailed by the time.
>> Okay. So it won't so it wouldn't be during your revel year anyway. No, that's my opinion. It would it would it would basically start to implement um from 1 >> 27 to June 30th, 27 affecting 28.
>> Correct. Right. Okay. >> Right. So, um shouldn't be >> I'm good with it either way. >> Just the towns I've worked in in the past. Um >> now, did you have it in Duck Spray? >> Yes. And >> do you have it in where you are now? >> Yes.
>> Um and it works seamlessly. The thing that we always did in Duxbury um was I think we looked for permits 50,000 and higher >> uh >> between >> what we had outstanding like every every
February March we'd run a report outstanding permits what do we got to go see um and Scott was pretty good about being on um uh on par with checking out all the new houses that might have a permit for 900 to build this behemoth >> okay so these are the ones that you
would be trying to capture before it. >> But the the bigger thing is that you want for the taxpayer is an individual that builds a brand new house. Okay? I don't want them to get a tax bill in January that they're going to have to pay for this house in two payments.
I want to be able to capture that in June and then put that on their card and it spreads it out over four payments. So, you know, their bill might it might have been a they might get 750 or a,000 with just the land. So, they get a $4,000 tax bill. Now, I put the house on
there, >> and I want to be able to spread that over four payments. So, instead of um their bill going from 4,000 to say 8,000, they're going to get a bill in January that's going to be instead of a,000 bucks, they're going to be trying to pick up that extra 4,000. So, it's
going to go from a,000 to 3,000 per quarter. >> But, but I'll say it, I see that happening with just on the sales data, right? So, I mean, I've had people saying that their property tax have gone up $6,000 this year, you know, with their bills as of January. So, >> wouldn't it have been nice? Okay. If it
went up 6,000, I can guarantee you the guy did something. The people did something in that property. >> No, they didn't. I can guarantee they didn't. But that's okay. >> All right. >> That's okay. >> Great. Um, >> but the thing is is that that person that um puts that new property on there,
they're going to have a smoother billing period. Um, and the a weird part that I can never figure out, and the whole time I've been doing this stuff, is that a mortgage company figures your escrow from that preliminary bill. I don't know why they do that. I don't know why they
don't look at what comes out in January, but I can't fix that. >> And and so I understand what you're saying in terms of being smoother, but going back to the equitable part, it's might be smoother for some, but it's not smoother for everybody else, right? So, so the so my thing is is because we
can't make it smooth for everybody, the sales and the new construction. >> I don't know how you can say that it's not smooth for the sales when I have a sheet there that's telling me that the ratio is 95. There's some folks that are lower, some folks that are higher, and it's all working out. The state approved
that list. >> So, so for some of the people just say they got a $3,000 increase in their in their tax. >> What about the guy that that's on that sheet that actually went down? >> Okay. I mean, it's the same. It's the same thing. So it it doesn't matter whether it's up or down. It's it's just
about applying the same again I guess par might be the the the term in terms of how we do everything. So when it comes to you know my concern generally speaking is people getting hit with tax
increases um >> for something that they put on a property. They put something on a property. But I'm also thinking about the sales people that didn't put anything on the property that didn't make any adjustments. >> Not that they they bought a brand new house >> that if there's or or even the people that are impacted by the sales of other
sales in their neighborhood, right? So, for example, you know, if someone's assessment goes from I'm just making an arbitrary 500,000 for hypothetical to to 650 or 750,000. So their bill that they
get in July is going to be set as a price, but then the bill that they get in January is going to take into consideration that increased valuation and then they're going to have that nons smooth transition again. >> The brand new house, you're going to put that building on the preliminary bill so that it's built in four quarters.
>> But but it's I mean four quarters unequal. >> It's never equal. It's never equal. We have this year there by law you can put 2 and a half% increase on the preliminary bills and we did that this year so it isn't as big of a
values went up more this year than the other years but >> so by putting the 2% on earlier at least the bills on as a big of a jump from the preliminary to the actuals. I know that's not all of your question, but that helps a little bit with um
>> Yeah, it doesn't change the tax. It just moves some of it forward, >> right? So, it's a little bit easier um to handle, but >> All right. Uh is are we ready to vote on this? >> I guess I'm I'm in favor depending on the workload, and I don't see that
there's a >> I I'm okay with it as long as it's not and you guys said it's not 26. So, again, I won't park with it either. And and again all that concerns might I still want to reiterate that you know if putting additional information on meeting minutes is going to be more
taxing on the office I don't see how this wouldn't be more taxing on the office. >> You know just so that though it's still going to be a 12 year I mean well yeah well 12 month period. It's a 12-month period in 25 and now I'm going to be going from any office from July to June
30th. So it's still 12 months of permits. It's just first year that will be the big one. So it's not more work in that regards. It's just a different time frame, >> but the first year will be a little bit more >> because that first year is 18 months
instead of >> I think we I think we've beat this horse enough. I don't really want to go into this another time. Uh I call for a vote. Um all those in favor of >> should make a motion, right?
>> Well, I think we already um did have a motion last meeting. I don't even know if we had a motion or I just present. >> So, we're voting whether or not we want to put it on right. >> Okay. So, I will make a motion to
>> present Mass General Law Chapter 59. Uh, >> excuse me, section 40 of chapter 659 on the May 2026 town for effect 71 2026 for
fiscal 27. Friendly Amendment Chapter 653. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Right. I I vote yay. >> I agree. I vote yes. >> No. Okay. >> Apparing we got all our votes. So,
okay. Having done that, we will move to enter executive session at 609. I move to enter into executive session not to return to open session in order to comply with master general law chapter 59 section 60 to discuss
exemption abatement application the contents of which are not public record. All those in favor >> I I >> Good night.