TOWN OF SHARON

ASSESSORS MEETING MINUTES

APRIL 29, 2004

7:00 P.M.         Called meeting to order.  Present:  Ellen Abelson, Richard Gorden, Paula

                        Keefe and Mark Mazur.

1. The Board reviewed and approved, as amended, the minutes to our 4/8/04

meeting.

2.         The Board noted the budget figure that was approved for our office by the Finance Committee for Fiscal Year 2005.  It was further noted that it included the funding for the first year of our data  re-inspection project.

3.       The Board reviewed an analysis of our overlay accounts.

4.       The Board signed a letter to the Town Accountant releasing a total of $550,000

from overlay accounts between fiscal year 1996 and 2003.

5.       The Board approved the hiring of Vision Appraisal Technology to update our

fiscal year 2005 commercial, industrial and mixed use real estate assessments.

6.       The Board reviewed the Administrative Assessor’s 2003 performance evaluation,

including his comments.

7.       The Board decided to discuss the goals for the Administrative Assessor’s 2004

performance evaluation at a future board meeting.

7:30 P.M.   Meeting with Mr. George Bailey concerning the Community Preservation

                  Act (C.P.A.).  Mr. Bailey asked about the possibility of implementing the

                  C.P.A. for fiscal  year 2005.  Mr. Bailey and the Board concluded that it

                  would be preferable to implement it for fiscal year 2006.

7:55 P.M.  Meeting with Mr. Bailey concluded.

8.       The Board took the following actions on the fiscal year 2004 applications for

exemption for the owners of the following parcels:

            Parcel #062038000                  clause 17D denied

            Parcel #122016051                  clause 17D denied

            Parcel #070124000                  clause 18 granted

            Parcel #121007000                  clause 18 denied

            Parcel #119031000                  clause 18 denied

            Parcel #053027001                  clause 18 granted

            Parcel #052016000                  clause 18 granted

9.       The Board directed the Administrative Assessor to implement a recycling

program.

10.       The Board decided to hold their next meeting on 5/20/04.

9:05 P.M.  Adjourned