SHELBURNE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
MEETING
MINUTES—February 9, 2009
1. Called meeting to order @ 6:15 PM Marvin Peck & Joseph Mattei
present
2. Reviewed mail:
- Memorandum from Selectboard - Immediate Spending Freeze & Revised
Budgets
- DOR/DLS Local Aid Cuts FY2009 - Shelburne = $31,441
- Local Aid Cut
Estimates FY2010 = $27,912
- Special Town Meeting Articles February 5th
- Patriot Properties Letter
- Regarding Converting from CAMA
- Certification Preparation Workshops
- Greenfield GCC March 2nd in preparation for next revaluation in 2010
- it was agreed that assistant will attend
- Chapter Land Values - FY2010
- List of Owners from DCR whose Forest
Management Plans to expire this year - Bruce will send letters to remind
land owners to renew their plans this year
- Deed
- Business certificates
- Municipal Affairs Coordinating Cabinet meeting
Feb. 19th
- Advantax - requesting Personal Property Depreciation tables
- 3ABC Form
- Mass Audubon
- FRCOG Newsletter - will reduce cost to towns by 10% for
FY2010
- DOR/BLA Equalization Study 2008
3. Signed Previous meeting minutes
January 26th (also December 8th & January
12th
4. Memos from clerk regarding nomination papers
Jim Richardson is up for re-election as Tree Warden & Marvin Peck
is up for re-election
for Assessor this year
5. Signed Registry of Deeds bill
6. CSC Ballot for Waiver of Tier Buyback
Fees - Board voted unaminously to not waive fees for joining CSC until
July 1, 2010
7. Two additional small lots were found on deeds belonging
to The Quinnehtuk Company on the Mohawk Trail - access to Wilcox Hollow
-to be added to files
8. Question as to whether property at 49 Mechanic
Street has been foreclosed on by
National Loan Investors - a letter was sent to them regarding taxes
that are unpaid for prior years
9. Removed building from Lot 9 on Map
8 - changed to all chapter
land, since it is under Conservation Restriction
10. Sewall proposed bid
for 2009 Map Updates is $675
Will need to check with the selectboard about spending freeze
11. Franco
Rossi from Cartographic Associates - estimate of $600 for map updates
will cost approximately $100 - $150 less next year without scanning,
if we have
the same number of updates
12. Reviewed Exemption Applications and approved
-signed Certificates
13. Abatement Applications tabled until full board
convenes
14. Next meeting February 23rd
15. Adjourned Meeting @ 6:40 PM
Joseph P. Mattei
Marvin C. Peck |
