3/22/2005 BOARD OF ASSESSORS Minutes

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TOWN OF MASHPEE Board of Assessors Meeting of Tuesday, March 22, 2006 Board Attendees: Also Attending: Heather Noires, clerk Torry Duffy, Director of Assessing Marcia King, Vice Chairman Vice Chairperson Marcia King called the meeting to order at :1 o Pull. As there was n o quorum, appr vaI of.rn in utes from the last meeting held on June 16, 2004, was deferred until the next Board of Assessors meeting. . ATB ABATEMENTS. Two abatement cases from the Appellate Tax Board (AT13), one from Popponesset and one from Bea Mist were reviewed. The Poppones et abatement application for reduction from$1.7 1111M to $1.2 MM was approved by the Board. The Sea Mist abatement application for reduction from $10.2 lull to .1IIIfM was also approved by the Board. TAX EXEMPT ABATEMENT APPLICATIONS. Fourteen tax abatement applications from Willowbend were approved by the Burd. These properties are now exempt from taxation, as a result of a land swap between the Town of Mashpee and Willowberd, of non-tax properties for other land/properties. DEAL PROPERTY T ABAT ME TAP L.I ATI g. There were 17 tax abatement applications approved by the Board, and 19 applications denied. John Duffy will provide a summary sheet to the Recording Secretary for both the applications approved, and those denied, with detailed information on each application. The summary sheets will be attached to these minutes for the record. . One abatement application for property on map 77, lot 41, 16 Shoestring Bay Condominiums, is recommended for denial. A second signature from the Board of Assessors is required. John Duffy will ask Joyce Mason boar to handle getting the second signature, until a replacement for Les Greig is appointed to the Board. OTHER 13USI ESS 1. Marcia King voiced her irritation over the events of the past weeks. She received a prone call from the Town Manager, berating her for not coming in to the Assessor's Office to take care of the necessary business of signing off on abatement applications. Marcia stated that no one had called her to inform her of the passing of ties Greig. Feather Moyes responded that, in fad she had called Marcia to inform her that hies Greig had been diagnosed with carver, with only a few weeks to live, and was incapable of carrying out his duties a Chairman of the Board of Assessors. At[-feather's recommendation, Marcia agreed to come in once a week on Wednesdays to sign necessary abatement documents. Marcia ding then admitted that she had not carried out her responsibilities as she had promised, and had neglected to appear at the Assessor's Vice the following Wednesdays to take care of the abatement application signatures. 1