10/01/1996 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Minutes

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■ r Board of Assessors Meeting Page Clause 22E Veterans Exemption (continued) Chairman Greig submitted a letter from an Applicant that was nailed to his personal address . The letter stated the extremely sad circumstances of why the Applicant is incapable of working. Copy of letter is attached to These Minutes . Leslie Greig referred to Nis. Susan Collum' s letter of August 14 , 1996, notifying Applicants of the Board of Assessors ' policy in order to receive this exemption, He also recommended that 11 11 f the letter, "A statement from your physician that you are incapable of working" , be eliminated. Lengthy discussion followed. David Bailey expressed opinion that there is "no gain" in this particular request, and most Applicants are beyond the normal working age. All expressed agreement. Leslie Greig- was of the opinion that the requirement of an Income Tax Return is unnecessary and could be eliminated except in a few cases . He is in favor of requiring only an Applicant ' s sworn statement; Kenneth Porter expressed agreement. Davin Bailey stated that the requirements The Board voted on seemed reasonable at first until the data from Applicants started to be received. Board Members recommended that the applications be handled on a case-by-case basis, with David Bailey as the authority on what specific data should be requested. Mr. Bailey expressed agreement. Vice Chairman Porter made motion that Clause 22E Veterans Exemption Applications be handled on an individual basis, with DavId Bailey as the authority on what specific data should be requested of each Applicant; Chairman Greig made second the motion- motion passed; majority decision. The Board set new policy concerning the filing of 100% veterans exemption applications . Neighborhood a l u e s David Bailey informed The Board that concerning the change of values at this point in time, his recommendation will be to use the sales up to January lst, He explained that Assessing is presently receiving increases in some areas where values would be based solely on this past nine months of sales; he feels this would not be fair. He informed that at present, the .o.d. is around .+ and the median is 9 for our 1995 sales from January 1st and December 31st- this is a good ratio, but some of the neighborhood values are incorrect. WillowBend will have to come up significantly maybe '20% - most of Popponesset will have to come up a little; some parts of New seabury will have to be changed a few cordo groups ; Pirate ' s Cove will have to core up by a decent amount. Lengthy discussion followed. i