TOWN OF SHARON
ASSESSORS MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 4, 2003
7:00 P.M. Called meeting to order. Present: Paula Keefe, Richard Gorden and Mark Mazur
1. The Board reviewed and approved, as amended, the minutes to our November 20, meeting.
2. The Board examined the state approved version of our fiscal 2004 tax rate recapitulation form.
3. The Board reviewed a listing of average assessments and taxes over the past three years.
4. The Board read an article from the 11/28/03 Sharon Advocate discussing fiscal 2004 tax bills and assessments.
5. The Board reviewed, and then signed, a pro forma tax bill for exempt property on High Plain Street that was sold from an exempt entity to a taxable entity.
6. The Board granted a motor vehicle abatement for an individual residing at 270 South Walpole Street due to blindness.
7. The Board read a notice concerning the Administrative Assessor’s plans to speak about property exemptions next Tuesday.
8. The Board discussed the Board of Selectmen’s request that they, the Board of Assessors, discuss the tax rate setting process at a meeting of the Selectmen. The Board had difficulty with the proposed December dates and suggested they meet with them in January.
9. The Board of Selectmen have requested that the Board of Assessors provide the following estimates for the Town’s long range financial planning:
Fiscal Year 2005 New Growth
Fiscal Year 2005 Overlay to be raised
Overlay to be released in the spring of 2004
The Board reviewed an analysis of our new growth and overlay accounts and agreed to the following estimates:
Fiscal Year 2005 New Growth $200,000
Fiscal Year 2005 Overlay to be raised $750,000
Overlay to be released in the spring of 2004 $500,000
10. The Board discussed the Selectmen’s request for an updated estimate of the cost of increasing clause 41C exemption amounts from $500 to $1,000 for fiscal year 2005. This increase would be in addition to the doubling of exemption amounts that would make the exemption worth up to $2,000.
11. The Board took the following actions on the following fiscal year 2004 applications for exemption for the owners of the following properties:
PIN 094042000 Cl. 37 granted
PIN 070207000 Cl. 22 granted
PIN 051023000 Cl. 22 granted
PIN 051001000 Cl. 41A granted
PIN 080019000 Cl. 41A granted
PIN 075089000 Cl. 17D granted
PIN 122016042 Cl. 17D granted
PIN 070065000 Cl. 17D granted
PIN 081092000 Cl. 17D denied
PIN 091085000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 121012000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 069101000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 121068000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 122016163 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 069004000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 081040000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 091157000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 094077000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 059056000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 069273000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 120034000 Cl. 41C granted
PIN 080019000 Cl. 41C granted
8:10 P.M. Adjourned
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