HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOA 02/22/2023 (2)Town of Mansfield
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MOWN CLERKS OFFICE Board ofAssessors
Dana J. St. James, Clerk
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BOARD OFASSESSORSAD UTES
FOR EXECUTIVE.SESSION(S) CALLED UNDER G.G.r-30a X2l (S)(7) TO COMPLY
WITH G.L.c. 59 SECTION 60
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Meeting
1. At 6:39 p.m., Chairperson Greg Matoian (" Chair'O opened the Town of Mansfield, MA
Board of Assessors CBOXexecutive session meeting ("Meeting") held in Meeting
Room 2 AB on the second floor of the Town of Mansfield Town Hall.
2. A roll call revealed that the following people were in attendance:
a) Greg Matoian, Chair, (via telephone),
b) Andrew S. Bank, Member,
c) Dana J. St. James, Clerk,
d) Donna Linfield, Administrative Secretary to the BOA,
e) Duane Adams, of Mayflower Valuation Ltd, Consultant to the BOA, and
�) f) Jim Sullivan, Counsel to the BOA (via Microsoft Teams video and audio
connection).
Greg Matoian requested that'Andrew S. Bank proceed as "Acting Chair" due to Greg
Matoian's remote status. Andrew S. Bank agreed and proceeded to lead the meeting.
No others were present at the Meeting. During the Meeting the audio -video equipment
was not operational and no one else was in proximity to those in attendance to enable
them to hear any of the meeting's discussions.
3. This Executive Session called under G.L. c30A s21 (a)(7) was to comply with G.L.c.59
Section 60 and the BOA did the following:
a) Reviewed two real estate exemption abatements. It was ascertained that the
applicants met the requirements and deserved the abatements.
b) Counselor James Sullivan then briefed the BOA on the 31 outstanding Appellate
Tax Board C ATB') cases involving he Town of Mansfield (see attached spread
sheet). Due to Covid, the ATB did not hear cases in person before February 2023
when the court resumed in person hearings. This slowed down the process
considerably. Of the 31 cases:
i. 1 case has been withdrawn by the applicant,
ii. 7 cases will be heard in March, 2023, and
i iii. 9 cases will be heard in July, 2023.
Counselor Sullivan will work with Donna Linfield to draft and send requests to
applicants to get data for many of the cases filed without little or no data.
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t� Based on the assessment of the outstanding cases, Counselor Sullivan believes
that our current Overlay willbe adequate, After his presentation Counselor
Sullivan terminated the Microsoft Team call.
c) Duane Adams of Mayflower Valuation Ltd then updated the BOA on his work
assessing the 44 FY 2023 Abatement Applications. Mr. Adams explained his
analysis of each case and came up with the following recommendations reflected
on the attached spreadsheet:
L To correct the tax amount billed to one applicant due to a wrong amount
credited for Senior Work off,
A. To grant 5 of the applications,
iii. To deny 26 applications for various reasons (see attached spreadsheet)
iv. To get more information on one case before making a recommendation
Seven cases have yet to be evaluated. Kelly Koska, the 130A's new Chief
Assessor, will oversee the evaluation of them after she begins her employment on
April 3,.3023.
4. There being no further business, the Executive Session closed at 8:17 p.m.
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