TOWN OF SHARON
ASSESSORS MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 14, 2002
7:00 P.M. Called meeting to order. Present: Robert Merritt, Paula Keefe, Ellen
Abelson, and Mark Mazur. Signed a bill voucher.
7:05 P.M. Old Business
The Board reviewed handouts explaining the FY2003 increase in taxes and the reasons for it.
The Board reviewed proposals for fiscal year 2004 level, plus and minus budgets. They also reviewed a prioritized list of budget categories that have been increased between our level and plus budgets, a listing of our contributions to the general fund and a cover letter. The Board discussed them at length. They made some adjustments and then approved them as amended. The Board then signed a cover letter for our FY2004 budget submission.
The Board talked about attending the 11/25/02 Finance Committee meeting to present our FY2004 budget. They decided to have the assistant assessor present our FY2004 budget.
The Board reviewed the price portions of our Fiscal Year 2004 commercial revaluation proposals. The basic bids not including optional per diem, permit, and excess parcel charges were as follows:
Cole-Llayer-Trumble (CLT) $14,400
Vision Appraisal Technology (Vision) 15,000
The CLT bid did not include the per diem cost of residential hearings that
we had requested in our R.F.P. According to the inspector general’s
office it would be improper for us to contact CLT to clarify this matter.
In addition, the inspector general’s office indicated we could throw the
CLT bid out as unresponsive. The Board decided not to reject the CLT
bid as unresponsive. In view of Visions higher rating in the non-
price portion of the proposals and the closeness of the two price proposals,
the Board chose Vision as our FY2004 commercial revaluation vendor.
The Board approved, as amended, the minutes from our 10/31/02 Board
meeting.
7:45 P.M. New Business
The Board approved, as amended, the minutes from our 11/7/02 Board
meeting.
2. The Board read a notice from the Appellate Tax Board (ATB) deciding in
favor of the Appellant, R. Lapuck, in a fiscal year 2002 case.
The Board granted a fiscal year 2002 abatement to R. Lapuck for PIN
65-4 as per the recent ATB decision.
The Board took the following actions on the
fiscal year 2003 applications for exemption for the owners of the following properties:
PIN 68-23 Cl.41A granted
PIN 72-103 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 70-48 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 122-16-163 Cl. 17D granted
PIN 91-85 Cl.17D granted
PIN 103-2 Cl.17D granted
PIN 101-62 Cl. 17D granted
PIN 68-27 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 69-108 Cl. 17D denied
8:05 P.M. Adjourned
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