3/1/2002 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Minutes

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TOWN of MASHPEE Board of Assessors Meeting . Date: Friday, March 1, 2002 Attendees: Tire: 2: 0 PM Marcia ding, chairman Place: l lashpee Town Hail, Assessors_office Les Greig, Vice Chairman Dave Bailey, Director of Assessing Dave Tately, Asst Director of Assessing Chairperson Marcia King called the meeting to order at 2:10 PM. Corrections to the minutes from the 2/21/02 meet in9 were as follows: from line 2 in paragraphs 1 and 2, the words personal property were stricken from the sentence. The,min tes were thea approved as corrected. Les Greig made a motion, seconded by Marcia lin , that the Board deny the 19 applications for real estate tax abatement listed on state Tax Foam 155, dated March,. 2002, beginning with the name Gregor' James G. and ending with the name Sampson, Lawrence W. The motion was unanimously approved. (See Attachment A for complete list). One additional application for real estate tax abatement not included on state Tax Fora 155 dated March 2002, is from the Stephen Berish Trustee at 9 Old Brookyard Road. Les Greig made a motion, seconded by Garcia ding, that the Board deer this application for real estate tax abatement. he motion was unanimously approved. Marga ung made a motion, seconded by Les Greig, that the Board accept the 7applications for real estate tax abatement listed on State Tax Form 155, dated March, 2992, beginning with the name meet, Beeula and ending with the name Angelis, Frank. The motion was unanimously approved. (See Attachment B for complete list). Les Greig rade a motion, seconded by Marcia King,, that the Board accept the 30 applications for personal roper, tax abatement listed on State Tax Form 155, dated March, 2002, beginning with the p property r name Shea Robert and ending with the name Camara, Lucia. The motion was unanimously approved. 1 (See Attachment c for complete list). f Les Greig brought u the issue of the formula currently used for personal property assessments, Whereby P house andpe ro rt increase in value at the same percentage rate. The Board agreed that this is an p invalid assumption. The Board of-Assessors has the authority to charge this formula next year, non- revaluation year. It was agreed that the Board would examine the abatement applications coming i Y n next year to determine the frequency of complaints that apply to this issue. DaveTately brought up the subject of an application from Mr. Hofer Rohde for a hardship exemption. Nor. Rohde states that he is blind, but d'id not apply for a certificate from the Commission for the Blind until November god therebymissing the Assessors office July 1:2001 deadline for receipt of hardship rs from several doctors giving the status of his applications. Mr. Rohde was asked to provide letters blindness ars of July 1, 2001. Letters from doctors were received but do not state decisively that he was legally blind on 7/01101. It was decided to give Mr. Rohde the option to go back to the Commission for the Iind to have bis certificate related as of,duly 1 x 2001. If the Ccrrmission-complies with such a request, the Board can then reconsider Mr, Fohde' application for aN hardship exemption. i The next two Board meetings are scheduled as follows: Thursday, 3107102 and Thursday, 3114102 at 2:09 1 in the Assessors office at Mashpee Town Hall. The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, Ina G. Sc -ohm I ecordin cretary attachments