The Fall River Board of Assessors convened on February 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM. The meeting began with a roll call, confirming the presence of Nancy Hino, Rich Wilson, and Rich Gonzalez. The Board approved the minutes from their January 14, 2026 executive and open sessions with a 3-0 vote. They also unanimously approved the invoice proof list and the monthly report. Following these approvals, the Board addressed fiscal year 2025 motor vehicle warrant commitment number seven and fiscal year 2026 commitment number one, which required initialing. The Board then voted 3-0 to enter into an executive session at 10:06 AM to discuss abatements, exemptions, and ATB matters, citing that public discussion would be detrimental to the city's legal position. They reconvened in open session at 10:35 AM. Upon returning to open session, the Board made several decisions regarding fiscal year 2026 matters. They unanimously approved statutory exemptions numbered 90 through 98. They also approved abatements numbered 5, 6, 11-14, 17-22, 29, 31, and 32 with a 3-0 vote. The Board then voted 3-0 to deny personal property abatement PP4 and to deny abatements numbered 7-10, 15, 16, 23, 26, 27, and 30. The meeting concluded with no other relevant business, and the next meeting was scheduled for March 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM, before adjourning at 10:38 AM.
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0:18Welcome everyone. Uh roll call. Nancy here.
0:22Rich Wilson here. Rich Gonzalez is here. 30.
0:25Everyone present. [snorts] Time 10 o'clock. 10 o'clock.
0:32Item number two, approval of minutes of executive and open of January 14, 2026.
0:40Thank you. I had a chance to look at these before. I'm good. Rich, there's the uh I saw them.
0:47All right. So, we're going to need your signature.
0:57Let's have a roll call on the approval of the minutes. Nancy, can I have a motion?
1:02Motion to approve the minutes.
1:04Second.
1:05Um, roll call. Nancy Hino.
1:07Yes.
1:07Rich Wilson.
1:08Yes.
1:08Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the minutes.
1:13Item number three, invoice proof list.
1:35Thank you.
1:53[snorts]
2:04to approve the list.
2:05Second.
2:06Yep.
2:09Roll call. Nancy Hino.
2:11Yes.
2:12Rich Wilson.
2:12Yes.
2:13Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the minutes.
2:18Item number three, invoice proof list. Uh, could we have a motion?
2:27I think I think we just did it. Did it?
2:29I I think I had said the minutes.
2:32Uh, um, all right. So, let's let me just put it for the record. Item number three to have a motion to approve the invoice proof list.
2:40Motion made.
2:41All right. Second. The motion.
2:44Roll call. Nancy.
2:46Yes.
2:46Rich Wilson. Rich Gondos. Motion to approve 30 on the invoice proofless. Item number four, monthly report.
2:57Here you go. There's three of them.
2:59All right. I had a chance to look at Ne.
3:07Yeah.
3:17Got it.
3:23Okay.
3:30Could I have a motion to approve the monthly report?
3:33So move.
3:33Second.
3:34Roll call. Nancy Hino.
3:36Yes.
3:36Rich Wilson.
3:37Yes.
3:37Rich Gonzalez. Motion passes. Yes. 30 to approve the monthly report.
3:55[clears throat]
4:06All right.
4:10Item number five, fiscal year 2025 motor vehicle warrant commitment number seven.
4:30I think [snorts] that was seven initial. We need the initial on that.
4:38Oh, we just have to Yeah, initial that one. I don't think we need a motion.
4:54While we're doing that one, there's also item number six, fiscal year 20 2026. Oh, you already 2026 commit commitment.
5:04This the next one.
5:08It's commitment number one.
5:10That's the big one.
5:21[snorts] We didn't want to. We're good with uh item number six.
5:31Yep.
5:31A big one.
5:33Okay.
5:34Item number seven. Can I have a motion to go into executive session to discuss abatements exemptions submitted list pursuant to GLC 3A section 21 A7 and GLC 59 section 60. review ATB matters submitted list pursuant to GLC 38A section 21 A3 since discussion in public would be detrimental to the city's legal position. After executive, we will come back and reconvene [snorts] into uh open session.
6:06Move to go into executive session.
6:08Second.
6:09Roll call. Nancy, yes.
6:11Rich Wils, yes.
6:12Rich Gonzalez, yes. Motion 30. Again, we will reconvene following executive time 10:06.
6:1910:06.
6:23Okay, welcome back. Could I have a motion to go into back into open session?
6:29Second.
6:29Roll call. Nancy.
6:31Yes.
6:31Rich Wilson. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30. Time 10:35. Back into open.
6:39Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the following statutory exemptions for fiscal 2026. number 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, and 98.
6:53Second, may I have a a vote um on what Miss Highotee said about the exemptions read for approval 90 through 98?
7:06Is there a second? Okay.
7:08Uh roll call. Nancy High.
7:10Yes.
7:10Rich Wilson.
7:11Yes.
7:11Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the exemptions read from 90 through 98.
7:19Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the following fiscal 26 abatements. Number 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 31, and 32.
7:36Second motion Motion read approve. Nancy high note.
7:48Uh yes. Uh let's let's put the motion uh for a vote. I I didn't do that. So uh on the uh abatements that were read five uh through 32 uh that were read, I'd like a motion to approve. And we got that. A vote on it.
8:07Nancy.
8:08Yes. Rich Wilson, Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the abatement tray.
8:14Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we deny the following fiscal 26 personal property number PP4.
8:23Second a motion to approve on the personal property red Nancy.
8:30Yes.
8:30Rich Wilson's Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the uh personal property abatement.
8:38Mr. Chairman, I make a f a motion that we deny the following fiscal 26 abatements number 7 8 9 10 15 16 23 26 27 and 30.
8:51Second the motion to deny.
8:55On the motion to deny, Nancy High, yes.
8:57Rich Wilson, yes.
8:59Rich Gonzalez, yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the abatements of denials read by uh Nancy.
9:20Item number eight, all other relevant business not known 48 hours in advance.
9:25There is none.
9:25There is none. All right.
9:27[clears throat] Item number nine, scheduling of next meeting.
9:31Make a motion that we um schedule the next meeting for March 11th at 10 a.m.
9:36All right.
9:38Um so the next meeting will be March 11, 2026. With that, may I have a motion to adjurnn?
9:46Second.
9:47Nancy, yes.
9:48Rich Wilson, yes.
9:50Rich Gonzalez, yes. Motion passes 30.
9:52Time 10:38.
9:55That's it. Thank you everyone.