SHELBURNE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
MEETING
MINUTES—February 23, 2009
1. Called meeting to order @ 6:05PM , James Richardson, Joseph Mattei, & Marvin
Peck present
2. Ray Hartman - 6:05PM - met with the board regarding the assessment
of his new house - the issues were discussed and the board will notify
him of their decision
3. Nina Leone - 6:20 PM - met with the board regarding
the assessment of her Dragon Hill condo-she had a large increase in 2009
- Board gave their reason: There was an interim year adjustment made
on all condos per state guidelines - valuations were increased by about
26 % due to higher 2007 sales figures
4. Reviewed mail:
Appropriation certification Special Town Meeting Feb.
5th
- Building permit SBA Properties - Cooperlane Rd.
- Revaluation Certification
Workshop - @GCC March 2nd 10:00 - noon
- Local Aid Cuts FY2009 & Estimated
Cherry Sheet amounts FY2010
- FRCOG Membership Assessments Reduced by
10% FY2009 & FY2010
- January Building Permits/COs
5. Signed Previous meeting minutes February
9th (also January 26th)
6. Signed Warrants for Motor Vehicle Excise 2008
# 7 ( $1,277.82 )
2009 #1 ($129,747.50) #2 ($22,197.20)
7. Signed January Monthly Reports
of Motor Vehicle Abatements and Exemptions
8. Signed Exemption applications & certificates
9. Signed Motor Vehicle
abatements
10. Discussed the request to extend the due date for the Form
of List for New Cingular Wireless - the board agreed to extend filing
date to June 1st for this fiscal year only - Their company needs additional
time to set up the new form of list on their computers
11. Reviewed the
recommended Chapter land values for FY2010 - the value of forest land
has decreased from $173 an acre to $98 west of the Connecticut River-
the board decided to adopt the average values for Chapter Land as has
been done in the past
12. The spending freeze will be lifted after the
Special Town Meeting on March 19th , if residents approve of the new
decreased budgets for FY2009
Sewall proposal for map updates was an estimate of $675
Cartographics will send written proposal - verbally estimated at $600
-
Franco Rossi will meet with board if necessary
13. Question of three additional
lots possibly owned by The Quinnehtuk Company leading to Wilcox Hollow - Deeds were found from 1974 for these parcels after talking to forester
from Connecticut - we will need to have bills sent to them on the omitted
parcels -
a letter has been sent to them regarding this issue
14. Discussed issues
with the maps regarding
- No boundary line between lots 11 & 13
on Map 16
- No Lot 2.1 on Map 14 - Tri-State Mutual Aid Association -
should it be lot 17.1 on Map 10?
- Lots 9.1 & 9.2 on map 31 - only
hand drawn lots on our map
15.
The board will go out in the field and look at necessary properties that
are requesting abatements after time changes to daylight savings, which
is early this year - March 8th
The owners state that the houses are still not finished completely yet
16.
Adjourned Meeting @ 7:20PM Next meeting March 9th
James T. Richardson
Joseph P. Mattei
Marvin C. Peck |
