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3.19.2025 Board of Assessors

Fall River Government TV Mar 19, 2025

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Pursuant to the open meeting law, any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any medium.

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Attendees are therefore advised that such recordings or transmissions are being made, whether perceived or unpersceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and permissible.

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Hi everyone, welcome to our meeting.

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Roll call. Nancy here. Rich Wilson here.

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Rich Gonzalez here. Motion passes 30.

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Time 10 o'clock. 10 o'clock. Meeting is now open. Item number two, approval of minutes in open and executive session February 19, 2025.

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Open executive session to approve. All right. I had a chance to look at it.

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Second. Uh, roll call. Nancy. Yes. Rich Wilson. Yes. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the minutes for February 19th.

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Item number three, inro in invoice proofless. There's three items on there.

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Second one is RC. Okay, I'm good. I'm good. I need a motion. Yep. Motion to approve the invoice proof list.

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Is there a second? Second.

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Nancy Hino. Yes. Rich Wilson. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 and the invoice proofless.

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Item number four, monthly report. So there's three copies. All three need to be signed. All right.

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Can I have a motion to approve the monthly report? So moved. Second. Roll call. Nancy Hino. Yes. Rich Wilson.

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Yes. Rich Consult. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the monthly report.

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I think there could be. Nope. I'm good.

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I'm good. All right. Next one. Item number five, motor vehicle excise warrant 2025 commitment number two. So, there are three copies of this as well. All three need to be signed. All right. Okay. I'll give these to Rich.

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Um, can I have a motion to approve motor vehicle exercise warrant 2025 commitment number two? Motion the motion. Roll call. Nancy Hino. Yes. Rich Wilson. Yes. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve commitment number two.

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Dan. So this uh second commitment of how does that relate to last year? This one's a million one. So, it's it's um about 500 bills more and about probably four $500,000 more. It's 400 and change more. Cool. Good. Very good.

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Item number six, motor vehicle exercise warrant number 2024, commitment number eight. So, it's kind of weird. There was one vehicle on this commitment number eight. So, was it a rebuild or a new bill? Somebody a new bill. Somebody probably Oh, I was going to say somebody probably registered on December 31st. Yeah, it was it was right at the end of the year.

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So, okay. May I have a motion to uh approve motor vehicle exercise warrant number eight? Second. Roll call. Nancy Hino.

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Yes. Rich Wilson. Manson. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve committee number eight.

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Item number seven. Can Can I have a motion to go into executive session to discuss abatements and exemptions per submitted list pursuant to GLC 38 section 217 and GLC 59 section 60.

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Review ATB matters pursuant to GL3A section 21A3. Since discussion in public would be detrimental to the city's legal position, discuss abatement per submitted list pursuant to GLC C6A section 7 and 8. We will reconvene following the executive session. Move to go into executive session. Second. Second. Roll call.

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Nancy. Yes. Rich Wilson. Yes. Mitch Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 time 10:05 10:05 and executive again we will reconvene into open the following Hi everyone welcome back could I have a mo to go back into a motion to go back into open session so moved second Nancy Ho yes Rich Wilson yes Rich Gonzalez yes motion passes 30 time 10:44 10:44 and back into open Mr. Mr. Chairman, I move that the board

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of assessors authorize the assessment of the attached parcels to unknown to owners unknown pursuant to general laws chapter 59 section 11 for fiscal 2026.

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Since in spite of the reasonably diligent efforts, the assessor's office has been unable to ascertain name of the respective owners of said parcels appearing as of record.

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Second motion.

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Vote on it. Nancy Hino, yes. Rich Wilson, yes. Rich Gonzalez, yes. Motion passes 30 to to approve owners unknown.

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Um, we're going to do the abatements.

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Correct. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the following fiscal 2025 statutory exemptions number 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 93.

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Is there a second? Motion to approve.

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Nancy Hino. Yes. Rich Wilson. Yes. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the abatements read by Mrs.

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High. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we deny the following fiscal 2025 statutory exemption number 92. Second.

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The motion to deny.

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Nancy. Yes. Rich Wilson. Yes. Mr.

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Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the denials read by Miss.

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Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the following fiscal 2025 community preservation act exemption CPA number one and CPA number two. Second the motion to approve. Nancy, yes. Rich Wilson. Rich Gonzalez. Yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the CPA.

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Mr. Mr. Chairman, I recommend uh that that we recommend to the mayor to submit to the council the increase in the exemptions as proposed by the administrator assistant to the board of assessors.

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Second the motion. Nancy, yes. Rich Wilson, yes. Rich Gonzalez, yes. Motion passes 30 to approve the recommendations by the assistant to the board of assessors.

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Mr. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the following fiscal 2025 abatements. Number 4, 31, 32, 33, 42, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, and 58.

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Second motion to approve Nancy High.

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Yes. Rich Woodson. Yes. Mr. Consol. Yes.

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Motion passes 30 to approve the abatements read by Misso. Mr. Mr.

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Chairman, I make a motion that we deny the following fiscal 2025 abatements number 21 56 65 66 67 68 69 70 and 71 motion Nancy yes Rich Wilson yes motion passes 30 to deny the abatements read by Miss all I Okay. Item number nine. Uh, we did that discussion of exemptions. Item number 10, all other relevant business not known 48 hours in advance. There is none. There is none with that. Item

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number 11, schedule of next meeting. Uh, Mr. Chairman, I would propose April 16th at 10 a.m. if that works for everyone.

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That works for me. It It works, but I I have another appointment at 12:30, so it was yell by then. April 16th. Yes, sir.

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All right. Next meeting, April 16, 2025. With that, may I have a motion to adjurnn? So move. Second. Nancy Ho. Yes.

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Rich Wilson. Yes. Rich Carwell. Yes.

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Motion passes 30. Time 10:48. 10:48.

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Thank you everyone. Have a good day.