TOWN OF RUTLAND
Assessors' Office
250 Main Street, Rutland, MA O 1543
Ph: 508-886-4101 - Fax: 508-886-2929
Email: boa@townofrutland.org
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Minutes of the Board of Assessors' Meeting held on April 7, 2015 in the Assessors' Office located in
the Town Hall.
Members Present: Arthur Lincoln (Chair), Joyce McGuinness (Member), Jeffrey Gibbs (Member),
Diane Peterson (Regional Assessor, RRG) and Justine Lapierre (Assessors' Clerk)
Board Members Absent: None
Meeting brought to order at 8:30 a.m.
The following documents were signed:
• Meeting Minutes from March 3, 2015 & March 10, 2015
o Motion: Jeff to accept minutes
o 2°d Joyce
o All in Favor
• Motor Vehicle abatements for the month of March
• Motor Vehicle commitment 2015-2
• Bills Payable
• Fiscal Year 2015Statutory Exemptions received after January 1, 2015
• Fiscal Year 2015 Omitted & Revised bills
• Fiscal Year 2015 Supplemental bills
• Real Estate abatements approved: 2015007, 2015008, 2015021 , & 2015022.
• Section 8 of Chapter 58 abatement requests: 1,261.01 for FY14 and 688.35 for FY 2015
The following discussions took place:
• The BOA discusses the idea of lowing the qualifying age for the elderly statutory exemption
from 70 to 65. Currently there are 640 residents age 70 and older. Of that, only 14 have applied
for FY 2015 which is around 2%. There are 551 residents age 65-69 who may qualify if the
elderly exemption age is lowered from 70 to 65. If the same 2% is applied, that would mean
there may be 10 more applicants. With 10 new applicants and if the exemption amount goes up
from $750 to $1,000 the town would be exempting an extra $13,500 from last year. However,
the state would reimburse the town $5,000 for offering the exemption, bringing the exemption
amount for the town down to $8,500.
The next Board of Assessors Meeting is to be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. in the
Assessors' Office located in the Town Hall.
The.. Meeting was adjourned at 9:40 a.m
Approved May 5, 2015
Jeffrey Gibbs
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