Board of Assessors

Name: Board of Assessors — Gardner, MA
Start: 2022-03-15
End: 2022-03-15
Location: Gardner, MA

Regular Meeting

Gardner, MA · March 15, 2022

Minutes

CITY OF GARDNER OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS 95 Pleasant Street City Hall, Room 229, Gardner MA 01440-2630 Christine Kumar Tel: 978-630-4004 City Assessor Fax: 978 630-4080 Email: ckumar@gardner-ma.gov MEETING MINUTES Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 @ 2:00PM, Room 229 In Attendance: Charles LeBlanc – Chairman, Paulette Burns – Member, Christine Kumar – City Assessor and Lauren Stinnett – Administrative Coordinator Meeting convened at 2:06pm Paulette made a motion to accept the minutes from February 15, 2022, as written. Seconded by Christine, 3-0, so voted. The Board reviewed and signed the Real Estate, Personal Property and Excise abatement reports for the month of February. Assessor’s Update: • Working on 2nd mailing of Income & Expense forms for those not received • Mailed October, November & December sales questionnaires to new owners • Printed approximately 100 property record cards at the request of our DOR representative who will be in Gardner on March 17th for field review • Vision has completed the data collection for approximately 400 parcels, as contracted. • About 200 of those 400 parcel updates have been entered onto the property record cards • Patrick Harring will be completing the cyclical inspections that were not done at the end of FY2021. This will put us back on track for the next 10 year inspection cycle. Paulette made a motion to enter Executive Session, under Purpose 7 – “to comply with, or act under authority of, any general law” (G.L. c59 §60), seconded by Christine, 3-0, so voted. To review exemption and abatement applications. Paulette made a motion return to open session for the purpose of adjournment at 2:35pm. Chris seconded, 3-0, so voted. Meeting adjourned at 2:36pm. Next Meeting: To be determined Respectfully Submitted by: Christine Kumar, City Assessor

Agenda

CITY OF GARDNER OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS 95 Pleasant Street City Hall, Room 14, Gardner MA 01440-2688 Christine Kumar, MAA Tel: 978-630-4004 City Assessor Fax: 978 630-4080 BOARD OF ASSESSORS MEETING AGENDA Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Assessors’ Office, Room 229, City Hall ANNOUNCEMENT - Any person may make a video or audio recording of an open session of a meeting, or may transmit the meeting through any medium, subject to reasonable requirements of the Chair as to the number, placement, and operation of equipment used so as not to interfere with the conduct of the meeting. This meeting is being recorded. All Documents referenced or used during the meeting must be submitted in duplicate to the Clerk of the Board or Committee. All documents shall become part of the official record of the meeting. AGENDA • Open meeting • Review and approve meeting minutes from February 15, 2022 • Review and sign February Real Estate, Personal Property and Excise abatement reports • Assessor’s update • Executive Session - Under purpose 7, “to comply with, or act under authority of, any general law” (G.L. c. 59 § 60) • Review, discuss and vote on (2) FY22 veteran exemption applications • Review, discuss and vote on remaining FY22 RE and PP abatement applications • Return to Open Session for the purpose of Adjournment • Other business • Adjourn NOTICE: The listing of Agenda items is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Christine Kumar, MAA City Assessor

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