7/29/1991 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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• BOARD OF SELECTMEN Page 2 MINUTES MONDAY, JULY 29, 1991 Donna' s Lane With ovnershit we assume responsibility states Selectman Manson. He is concerned with blocking the traffic and parking to the Flea Market, Mrs Ta.lanian should be aware of this, He asks what is the rush? The Order of Taking has to be recorded within 12 days of Town Meet'ying vote states Counsel. Town Meeting took place on May 6, 1991. In order to be vol--id the taking should take place by August 69 199rio An article could be placed for another Order of Taking in the October Town Meeting. 'roper signage w uld pose no liability to the Town if the area is appropriately signed informs fi r. Rear . Such signs include roads under construction and roads not fit for vehicles. Selectman Caffyn Feels the Town should not be li ble. The motion was made by Selectman Hanson to indefinitely postpone the signing of the agreement of Donna' s Lane Order of Taking, The motion was seconded by Selectman Lawrence. The vote is favorable -1 with Selectman Caffyn opposed, OLDBUSINESS: Board of Assessors Something occured at the meeting last week with the Board o Assessors disturbed me a bit stated Selectman Lawrence with the fact of them going through the abatement pro c e s s. At the time that we asked thea I think last week or the week before could they give us an idea of the abatement liability and what it might be and they said no" I ars very concerned with some of the new members of the Board rd of Assessors handing out abatements. states Selectman Lawrence. To increase our liability for our bottom line, we don' t have alot of money set aside for abatements.* Kevin, we had 460. a In the year that we are run in the deficit states Mr. Harrington iV% FY 90 there was $640 or 650, 000 o0o vailable for abatements. They have go through roughly 800 plus or minus thousand dollars. Right now we have about a $200, 000 deficit. They are continuing reviewing abatements. What the Board requested last week was to give us some idea was the question. They_ couldn' t give us some idea states Selectman Lawrence and Frankly this really concerns me tremendously. We don' t have any control over that, nobody has any control over the abatements that are given out other than the board. I am a. little concerned about it because ,fm not' sure if we are giving out abatements because they are warranted or are we giving them out because they are trying to make a point? I don' t know if you understand what I am sabring, with two new members of the board, I' d hate to see us get caught into a position where we are trying to make a political point about how badly the assessments were done and when somebody tells me they can' t give you any idea and are meeting at 8 :30 every morning, I have a feeling we might have a 'i r .ic::1, l abilityl t :t ,e Sed:-ectmari Lawrence* Am I clear at what I am. 0 , I understand what you are sabring states Selectman Gottlieb,