Meeting July 20, 2005
Meeting opened: 7:04 pm
Present: Russell Bressette Jr. – Chairman
David Royce – member
Gary DePace – member
Kelli A. Robbins – Assistant Assessor
Read and approved minutes of June 8th and 29th unanimous
Verbal request for rescinding/abating all of the Robbins roll back taxes was made by Linda Scammons, Esq. Attorney for Robbins Estate. Motion made by David Royce to let the assessed taxes stand as committed. 2nd Gary DePace. So voted unanimous
7:30 met with Mr. John & Mrs. Carol Kirwan to discuss their pending ATB case.
Mr. Kirwan expressed concern about his taxes being too high. Mr. Kirwan feels his land is too wet to be buildable.
Mr. Bressette explained that the Assessors must treat all like property equally. Mr. Bressette suggested that Mr. Kirwan could seek a determination from the Conservation Board that it is not buildable. It is not the function of the Board of Assessors to determine whether land is too wet for a building permit.
Mr. Kirwan stated he does not want to have a wetlands survey because it is costly and will devalue his land.
Mr. Bressette also sited areas where precedent was set for similar properties that had received building permits. Mr. Bressette then made suggestions for placing the land into one of the Chapter 61 classifications.
Mr. Kirwan was not in favor of the chapter 61 options. He has read the information regarding these, as provided by Mr. Royce at an earlier date and does not wish to have to repay the taxes should he decide to sell the property.
Mr. & Mrs. Kirwan agreed to see the Conservation Commission about how they go about getting wetlands determination from that board.
Computer for new ORION software has been loaded with Windows Server 2003 software and is now awaiting the installation of the Orion Software.
Clerk position was then discussed. Each of the three board members having reviewed all 39 applicants independently brought their top 5 to the table. Three were chosen from those brought to the table. Anne Murphy, Diane Pajak, and Audra Harris. Meetings to interview all three will be set for August 3rd at 6:00, 6:30, and 7:00 pm.
Each board member will bring 3-5 questions they would like to include in the interview, in addition to the questions used in the other interviews, to create a collaboration of interview questions.
The next scheduled meetings will be August 3rd and 10th, 2005
Meeting adjourned 8:47 PM
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