10/24/1984 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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r, L• I Tcont. Page 7:45 The Board of Assessors res Property Values in FY 86, Bill Clendenin, Connie Courtemanche and Pari Davis met with the Board to discuss two articles which they are proposing for the special town meeting and to ask for the Selectmen's support . Mr. Clendenin made reference to a letter adddressed to his Board dated Larch 2, 1984 in which it says Chapter 79 re- quires - uire the Commissioner of Revenues determine every three years that locally assessed values represent full and fair cash value . The assessment as of January, 1985 must satisfy the Commissioner of FY 86 certification standards and that now is the time to raise and appropriate funds with the com- munity om- munit being responsible for supplyiRg reasonable resources in funds to implement the program. Mr . Clendenin said that through August , 1984 there were 702 permits. His Board has been looking at ways to handle the tremendous amount of growth and they feel changes must tate place . He went on to say that to compile preparation for the 1986 billing, they have to prepare certain reports which wi l l deal with problems arising of ter a study of sales analysis, after a complete field check -and further market study. They have to start working on some 1 i stem., which would be indi- viduals w ndi- idual h i ch would start sometime in 1985. k kThe first recommendation i that an article be submitted to create a perm anent full-time professional position in the AssessingOff requiring an individual to be a data processing, input collector and assistant field examiner to work behind Pam Davis. Additionally, it is Pani"s recommen- dation ecorrmen- dation that a terminal be installed in their office which would result in a cost of $3600 for a six-month period, which would include purchasing the terminal , the installation of the terminal and the telephone work associated with i t . The article will request the sum of $46,900. A job description has been drawn up which they would l i e to take to the Personnel Boardi. Pam Davis commented that by FY 89, they expect the Assessors to have visited all projects in the town once more. They are thinking of doing it on either a two or orae-year Basis and that would require a separate group of people which would have to be trained, Selectman Terry asked about the salary for the person's Bi l l l ender i n said that they were looking in the area of $15,000 to $16,000 , Selectman Hanson suggested they touch base with the Personnel Board# Selectman Terry wished thea success and thanked thea for coming in commenting that they understand the kind of backlog and that they have to have i t .