it's 4:30 all right call the meeting to order and do roll call been here been here carolan here Julie vyers is absent with notice okay we will review and sign the
meeting minutes of the meeting for January 27 2025 and I will make a motion to approve the minutes of January 27th 2025 all in favor sh I
Carol did you second it oh yeah no I second it and I have no discussion I already all right very good you review ins sign we oh you know what that was the copy of
that was the other I needed might just a should we're going to a meeting [Laughter] don't have any refs to re oh no we do have um amendments for motor vehicle the first the big one for 2025
and the seventh one from 202 thank you yeah we get one nice big one and the rest of small next is the leans okay so this is um 2411 it was sold so this is the release of the leans that on fire and this is
the new lean for the new owner to sign off on all those okay the new owner no that this is a really there there were two old Lees that need to be release this and this and the new owner is this young
guy this is this is releasing the leans and that's putting the new one on yeah it looks like when when this got sold to this they never released this one so get them all off the records and they're they're
paying oh yeah this is the old yeah housekeeping yep and so then this is that's the new owner so this is putting a lean on in his name at the reg y and this is the same situation
the the sou Victor hunting and fishing club sold to Squan River Sportsman's Club so we have to release their lean and then put a new on I don't really know honestly if it was just I don't think so they have a different
address this is the release one this is the new one should be thank you I think interesting for information well we we discussed this before I think we talked about it the last me and we just want to um to look at these
as examples of what we might put forward at town meeting um to see if it gets accepted by the town for the increase on the makesense when we discussed last time there's one that is just a cost of living increase and the other one it
doubles each of the exemptions so I think we should probably put both on and see what happens this is for the annual yeah yeah y [Music]
um I mean I think it's a good idea that the town's people know that it's available and that they vote yeah and then but they also have to understand that this is not funded by the state funded by the state it's funded by us
yeah and then would we need to know we we going to make got those funds well it would have to be an increase in the overlay so it would when we do the tax recap sheet we'd have to like I'm trying to think what do we have like 70,000 in I that's what theyve we've been running
off of right around of exemptions so if you double them you'd be we need another 70,000 in the overlay to cover that and but that our usual balance we used to have like 100 or 120 no no that's just the veterans exemptions oh
yeah yeah no we we usually put about 130 okay in each year yeah so these were just some sample ones that jod found of course we we'd have Adam help us make sure is correct I don't know when we have to have them in I think we got another
month before we have to have the articles in no no yeah I have to March 3rd March one March one okay that's coming up I mean and we don't have to have the wording perfect it'll just earmark a spot and then add all right I make a motion that we
um ask for a placeholder on the warrant um for the annual meeting uh regarding um exemptions for Clause 221 I think that's 22 it'll be 22
through 2 to I think it's j now yeah yeah yeah so it's 22 I no 22 all the way through 22 22A 22b I know
that oh yeah y some of them are not um some of them are already at 100% so I mean if they don't pay taxes because they're this doesn't apply to everybody that's getting a veterans well there's only three of those in town but
I mean but this only applies to the people and only up to the 100% of somebody's taxes right so it's only the people getting 400 it's only going to go to eight right but 750 you're going to go
to, 1500 yeah on top of that and so you guys are going to recommend that it be part of an override so it's only you just said that overlay overlay overlay it difference the money you would want it to be part of the override so not you're not recommending
that this be contingent on an override no okay we're saying we would need to have we would need to have more money in our overlay which is what is set aside for exemptions abatements that type of thing your number that you're turning in
for your budget so to speak for the for the year from the assessor's office no at the time when we do our rate through the do we have to set aside a certain amount of money to that's right seen on the okay that's what it is yeah okay so
originally when we with the the way it stands now like if we have an exemption for $1,000 the state gives us $885 if we double that and go up to 2,000 the state's still going to only give us $885 they're not giving us any more money reimbursed even if we up the amounts right so they're not going to
get like if it's 85% they're not going to give you 85% of 2,000 just 85 % of the original 1 yeah and you're estimating that this will be a $7,000 difference yeah
approximately yeah based on what we on it right now y yeah no do you or what we give right now yeah right well based on who's I mean based on who's on it right now to What minus any right de deaths
and people who might get an increase coming in that are disabled and um if people get 100% off not 100 not the 100% in the thing but people who have their complete exemption the widows and and whatnot
um is that 100% paid for no is that 85% I'm not sure what that is I'd have to look to be honest with you I I we we've had so few of them and I haven't really monitored that closely what we get back for them but I can okay check and see but that's not impacted by any no
no thank you second motion yes and um so this would be again subject to review and town meeting vote yeah at least we're putting it out yeah okay
yeah to vote second the second we discussed all in favor the ey you don't have to do because Julie's not should be yelling um we have a um resident that is wants to pull
piece of land out of chapter so we got the first wrer refusal letter um that goes to us plan board Conservation Commission and the board of selectman um so it's a it's a 40 acre parcel that's right near um books
Crossing yeah on Mason Road so I mean I I guess what you guys just would look and say we don't have that [Laughter] money so I guess you would just say you your recommendation to the board of selectman would be to not exercise our
first some moved that we do exercise our first right of refusal to purchase this lot second yeah see I'm not used to it um so in discussion would be
is we absolutely positively do not have this money right and I think I I believe that the the plan that you had is maybe for three or four lots and then to donate some of the land to the town conservation yeah which I would be in favor of yeah yeah
but so we we don't no I just I'll just I just brought that to you so if he pulls it at a chapter that affects the taxes on it yeah because right now they get a large reduction because they've got it in chapter 61b I think so he has to pay back five years a roll back tax okay that's yeah and then it goes to its
regular amount and then obviously once the Lots get out the taxes would be much higher that's what the timing of it yeah yeah um and these abatement applications we're going to wait to do those at the next meeting because I just got to do the inspections the very end of last week so I need to do a little
more research on them okay um we have to Mo um I would what are it's the end of February why don't we do the end of March either the end of March or the beginning of April would be
good we only have those two bement applications they have to be done before May 1st so no 17th well 18th I think the 18th yeah okay March 18 18
okay at 4:30 yeah now did you you remember did J say Tuesdays were better for her on Mondays I can email her I think I have that email I got think it's Mondays because we've been doing Mondays so do you want to do the 17th instead no
that's same P okay well we have plan work on the 17th all right well I can start with the 18th and see if I thought she said after February she can't do the 18th we'll do the 17th
okay okay that sounds good I agree okay and we can text her when we get done with this y then I'll let you guys know okay um I will I'll make a motion to adjourn our
meeting at 4:47 p.m. a second the motion all in favor I I thank you very much