MINUTES
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
February 6, 2009
Present: Robert Pelchat, Chairperson of Board of Assessors
Paul Croteau, Member of Board of Assessors
Jonathan Edwards, Member of Board of Assessors
Susan C. Warren, Assessors Office Coordinator/Deputy City Clerk
1) CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM.
2) APPROVE MINUTES DATED JANUARY 9, 2009
Minutes dated January 9, 2009, were previously reviewed by the Board. Paul Croteau made a motion to accept the minutes as typed. Jonathan Edwards seconded the motion. Motion was made and seconded that the minutes of January 9, 2009, be accepted and placed on file. Vote was taken and all approved. The motion passed.
3) REVIEW VETERAN APPLICATIONS FOR TAX YEAR 2009
A veteran tax credit application for Kenneth Forand of 77 Hillside Avenue was reviewed and approved.
4) REVIEW & APPROVE ABATEMENT APPLICATIONS FOR TAX YEAR 2008
The following abatements were reviewed and approved by the Board:
OWNER LOCATION MAP-LOT AMOUNT ABATED
Shallow River Prop179 Emery St. Map 119 Lot -0090 $ 5,096. *
Blake, Roger 44 Pleasant St. Map 118 Lot -0132 281.
Bolduc, Steven 705 Third Ave. Map 110 Lot -0016 1,927.
Mellett, Jason 61 Denmark St. Map 127 Lot -0086 986.
* The Shallow River Properties at 179 Emery Street should have been coded as exempt. The proper forms had been filed for tax year 2008.
An abatement application for property owned by Stacy Holcroft, Gerhard Wolfsjaeger and Thomas Feistmann, Trustee was reviewed by the Board. They filed on three properties they owned as tenants in common. They are located at 90-92 Main Street, 119-0002, 28 Memorial Lane, 120-0067, 10 Unity Street, 129-0144. Avitar had conducted reviews of all three properties and recommended that the Board deny the abatement request. All applicants will be notified of the Board’s decisions.
5) NON-PUBLIC SESSION
The Chair Robert Pelchat called for a non-public session. Paul Croteau made a motion to go into non-public session per RSA 91-A:3 II (c) “Matters which, if discussed in public, would likely affect adversely the reputation of any person, …” and Jonathan Edwards seconded this motion. All concurred. The Board of Assessors went into non-public session.
6) RESULT OF NON-PUBLIC SESSION
Jonathan Edwards made a motion to go into regular session and to seal income/expense information provided as this is confidential material and not right to know. Paul Croteau seconded the motion. The Board reviewed and granted the following elderly/disabled lien applications:
OWNER LOCATION MAP-LOT
Lemire, Stacy 98 Hillside Ave. 119-0284.000
Garon, Jeanne 373 Forbush Ave. 129-0093.000
Snow, Barbara 662 Sixth Ave. 110-0128.000
Nash, Loren 301 Denmark St. 126-0012.000
The above noted taxpayers will be sent a form for their signature. These forms will then be recorded at the Lancaster Registry of Deeds.
7) ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn was made by Paul Croteau and seconded by Jonathan Edwards. Motion was made and seconded to adjourn. The motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 2:40 PM. The next meeting of the Board of Assessors will be held in the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan C. Warren
Assessors Office Coordinator/Deputy City Clerk
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