this meeting is being recorded by pack television anyone intending to make an audio or video recording of this meeting should notify the chair at this time move to open the meeting Tuesday February 18th at 6m all in favor let's see the hero act discussion
and recommendation okay so we we spoke about the herrow act that um the governor signed back in the fall which gives us two options to increase that BRS taxes it's a local option nothing
needs to be done um it's up to the town and we just want to talk about if we would want to put an article in and if so how much that would be for and there's two different ways to increase the
amount um one is Claus 22 I and that is that's increasing by the cost of of living that we receive each year from the state so just for example there our veterans exemptions
are $1,000 if we accept the cola last year was 3.4 that would increase the exemption to $1,034 okay so that's one of the things and you can do both of these together or
one do one and not the other it's whatever you think the recommendation would be the second is clause 22j which basically says that you can increase up to 100% of the tax exemption
so 100% would be on a th000 would be $2,000 exemption each year but you could do it 50% and that would be $500 extra or whatever amount you want want to do um just and the only thing I
want to say that the town is as some Financial issues going on now we possibly think yeah I mean my my first thing is I don't know about you guys but that spilling over is originally I was really gung-ho about this but if this sewer
department and all their wonderful minations JW people if there's going to be a huge shortfall to the town I wouldn't be looking to watched the selectman's meeting last Thursday right no I was not two overrides override for the school and an
override for the police but between the two of them what it's about two million over $2 million um if you yeah they would say that but that wouldn't even last that that long if you just did two million that would be permanent yeah yeah that's
just going to supposed for one year correct yeah so I think they'll be looking at I I'm not sure what they'll decide well once it's once it's voted it's it goes on forever so if it's not enough it's like a Tobin Bridge tax that was supposed to only be there for a it
never goes away once it's added to the to the base it stays there it doesn't go away so it just you know finances are tough um it would be $100,000 out of overlay if we if we increased it to
100% And that would be every year on top of what we all already give out which is like 200 23,000 about I'm sorry 23 so we could start something slow I
mean we can think about it that um T ministr was just want to know if we had a recommendation for this because T meeting will be look for the Articles soon um we could do the Coler and do a small percentage of it and it is something we can change each year like
if well the cola is set by the state right so that would be a small either way it would probably be under $100 yeah I don't think that things are going to get easier for the town because of what's going
on at the federal level how many I think they're going to be I mean there may be issues with you know Federal funding and grants to schools and so forth and if the school doesn't have has a problem now I don't
see it getting better how many of the 22 JS do we have right now we we don't have any but how many of the Thousand excuse me not explaining that correct how many thousand veteran
exemptions do we have like 60 I think it's around 60 yeah between 60 and 70 then also the 400s yeah can go so it when we did it out it was Pro imately $100,000 so probably like 100 alog together so again if you want to think
about it you can do that we can but within the next I I don't know about you guys I don't need to think about we're not in any I love the bets so I don't think we're in any if I divide 100,000 by by 5,000 bills yeah means everybody
pays 20 bucks a m I'd give i' give 20 bucks you know I did not race through Fields or whatever and have people shooting at me or whatever they were throwing them um you know
these guys got hurt these individuals men women whomever it is um you know and they have an opportunity to apply and get a little relief um because the VA found them to be uh
injured um you know that's not even an Entre just throwing it out there and I'm saying when your credit card is maxed and you can't pay your bills you don't get a credit limit extension right as much as you need to do things with the
CR I served he sered well I would maybe wait till they finish their audit of the veterans department I think they're going to find the same thing there that they're finding everywhere else I mean Social Security
is people that 175 years old well to I think to get classified as injured you're physically going in and seeing something you're you're showing up at the VA you're doing Brockton you're going to JP to get that looked at and then who was we dealt with an
individual last year that I think it was 18 months of time he went through to get letters and how many times did we look at that application oh gosh there was nobody at this table that was more Gung hole and fired up about doubling up this amount than I was but we
are see I I don't look at this as has anything to do with um the problems that the town's faed by the increase in Services um whatever the school's dealing with there's there's numbers that they're dealing with that that are
increas in Services it's not like they're giving them um that they're not utilizing the funds of their Department it's it's the increase in services in every Department in assessing office in what DPW has to pay
um what what every department has to pay it's just an increase in the cost to run the town um I'm willing to suck up an extra 20 bucks for for both of these it's 100,000 it's not $ to you and me it's 20 bucks it could be it it might
turn out to be $40 to you but again we're just well well we paid out of the overlay and I think less than less money is going to be put in overlay if it's voted in it's voted in then overlay has to increase I mean there there's no way around that right
um unless they want to run a deficit and then we show up a town meeting asking for but we have an overlay because we these things in and um you know when we did the recap it wasn't enough in there I mean whoever appli once it's voted in it's voted in so then you have
to fund it unless you want to go I mean it's yeah um just tell you yeah yeah but I'm just it's not all and it's not all a nothing either you know you
can you could you could um at least do the the 22 I which would be that would be easy to do that's not a lot of money and do a percentage of 22j that's well maybe maybe we read these things over and sure
reconvene on it sure okay that's all just wanted to and we might maybe next meeting I'll put it on just if we're going to recommend something so they know within a month for the Tom meeting articles um would we be the sponsor of the
article we would be we would be okay I guess um probably anyone that's selectman could be sponsor oh yeah anyone could be by by petition but since it's more in our wheelous since we deal with all the exemptions anyway I think could yeah
it's good did you new veterans agents stand yes you did you might SP through yeah she could that um facil did when some was here they spawn St um the veteran workof program
yeah so that you know yeah just lay low and see what's happening as well but that's sh decision bills we have some stationary bills from the prison um Tara has a book
for class she's Tak bills this finished her class good job I haven't taken the test yet so congratulations which class um 2011 land valuation oh that's that's a
good it was a good time I'm sorry the 102 that's not that much fun yeah that's what tera's doing joy joy that I think that's the most difficult to us yeah I can't the like that wasn't
through IO I know it's more difficult now yeah we were lucky okay um this is the abatements most that we already signed and with the exemptions are on there that you had
approved during executive session one of you guys sign it data because my handwriting is atrocious I signed it but you know dat thank you the nuns would roll in the a grave if they've seen how bad my handwriting
did too like it's older I got I don't write as well but I'm small motor skill to going I left there you go he the left you too right no no no no I won't I won't say
at one time know the left side of your body is controlled by the right side of your brain vice versa which means that Lefty is the only one in the right frame of mind we're not quite sure that investigate okay and the next is this
our commitments just came through today so this what's not anticipated letting me um agenda was out so this is to sign commitment number seven of last year 24 there should be one page it's just
one page of commitment one because that is a huge commitment 25 commitment but we have it obviously if you guys want to read and those bills should be going out February 24th Steve gun's anxiously awaiting his
yeah yes mail them or get them yes well [Music] yes J dial ban just can't wait after we'll finish with that there so commitment one for 25 and commitment 7
for 24 and um that's all we have for Open Session you say among that I apologize the motor vehicle excise Community still goes into anticipate yes all that's I can um you want those to get sign so they
can go out Pro back and other than that it's only open did I put I should have put na next to you sorry North America okay is that it then that's it all right move to enter an executive session in
order to comply with mgl chapter 59 section 60 to discuss exemption abatement applications content of which are not public record what time is it it's 616 it's 616 February 18th year of our 2025 don't move all in
favor night Kingston watch your wallets the sewer department is