The Fall River Board of Assessors held a meeting on June 17, 2026, led by Chairman Rich Gonzalez with members Nancy Hino and Rich Wilson. The board began by unanimously approving the open and executive session minutes from their May 20, 2026 meeting. They also voted to approve the monthly report and to reschedule the discussion of the invoice proof list until after an executive session. The board entered executive session at 10:03 AM to discuss abatements, exemptions, and ATB matters, reconvening in open session at 10:24 AM. Upon their return, the board unanimously approved a motion to address uncollectible taxes totaling $15,561,713 under Mass General Law Chapter 59, Section 71. After reviewing the invoice proof list, the board scheduled its next meeting for July 22, 2026, at 10:00 AM. The meeting was adjourned at 10:27 AM.
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0:17Welcome everyone. Roll call. Nancy here.
0:20Rich Wilson here.
0:21Rich Gonzalez here.
0:25Item number two, approval of minutes open and executive for May 20th, 2026.
0:33Move to approve.
0:34Um, second.
0:35Yeah.
0:38If you guys looked at them, I'm I'm all set.
0:41All right. So did I.
0:43The monthly reports.
0:44All right.
0:47So after that, uh, roll call. Nancy higho.
0:50Yes.
0:50Rich Wilson.
0:51Yes.
0:51Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes. 30 to approve the minutes.
0:56Item number three, we are going to uh I I want a motion to move out of order number three to after five executive session. That'll be our first item in I second with that. Nancy Ho.
1:13Yes.
1:14Rich Wilson.
1:15Yes.
1:15Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Okay. Now we're going to go to item number four, monthly report.
1:21It's in that stack. Sorry. Oh. Uh, the report is in the stack.
1:28I grabbed everything. So, there should be a couple of them.
1:32There's the minutes.
1:34Yeah. Rich has the other ones. You have them?
1:36I got those.
1:36Yeah. All right. I got it here.
1:40It's just a copy. The three copies that we have, right? Yes. Good.
1:49Okay.
1:54So, with that, may I have a motion to approve the minutes of open uh an executive session for May 20th, 2026?
2:02We did that already.
2:02And we did that. Okay. Um monthly report.
2:05Monthly report. May I have a motion to approve the monthly report?
2:11Second.
2:11Roll call. Nancy High. Yes.
2:13Rich Wilson.
2:14Yes.
2:14Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30.
2:22Item number five out of uh out of order of agenda. May I have a motion to go into executive session to discuss abatements exemptions per submitted list pursuant to GLC 38 section 21A7 and GLC 59 section 60. Review ATB matters pursuant to GL 3A section 21A3 since discussion in public would be detrimental to the city's legal position. Discuss abatements per submitted list pursuant to GL C59
2:53section 72A. We will reconvene following the executive session.
2:58Move to go into executive session.
3:00Second.
3:00Roll call. Nancy Ho.
3:02Yes.
3:02Rich Wilson. Yes.
3:03Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to go into executive session time.
3:0810:03.
3:0910:03.
3:10Again, we will reconvene following the executive session.
3:15All right. May I have a motion to go back into uh open session?
3:19So moved.
3:20Second.
3:21With that, roll call. Nancy.
3:23Yes.
3:24Rich Wilson.
3:24Yes.
3:25Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to go back into open time.
3:2910:24.
3:3010:24.
3:32Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve uh under Mass General Law Chapter 5971 um uncollectible taxes in the amount of 15561713 cents.
3:47Second the motion.
3:48Roll call. Nancy Hino.
3:50Yes.
3:50Rich Wilson.
3:52Yes.
3:52Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve what was read by Nancy Hino. Now we go back to item number three. And item number three is an invoice proof list which we redirected originally to after executive and now we are doing it.
4:10I I have I have no problem what I see here.
5:04Got a lot of these.
5:19Oh my goodness. There's nothing
5:54I won't hold it up. Um, I'll sign it. I have to. Item number six, all other relevant business not known 48 hours in advance.
6:02There's none.
6:03There is none. But with that, I go on to item number seven, scheduling of the next meeting.
6:08Um, Mr. Chairman, I propose July 22nd at 10 a.m.
6:13I'm good with that.
6:20And item number eight. Can I have a motion to adjurnn?
6:24Second.
6:24Roll call. Nancy Ho.
6:26Yes.
6:26Rich Wilson.
6:27Yes. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to adjourn. Time 10:27.
6:3210:27.
6:34Thank you everyone. Have a nice day.