Board of Assessors

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS

January 29, 2018

 

8:00 AM

STARBARD BUILDING

 

Members Present: Rosemary Scully, James Dillon, Robert Fitzgerald 

        

1.  Acceptance of Minutes: approve the minutes of the October 30, 2017 meeting.

 

2. Fiscal 2018 Tax Rate: 

$17.61 per thousand.  Approved by Department of Revenue on November 14, 2017

 

3.  Real Estate and Personal Property Tax Bills: 

Tax bills for Fiscal Year 201 were mailed on December 29, 2017, for Real Estate         and Personal Property

Real Estate:     8490 bills    $38,701,574.59

Personal Property 477 bills      $485,110.87

 

4.  Real Estate/Personal Property Abatement Applications:

Reviewed applications for abatement.  Rose has been conducted inspections and will schedule the remaining property visits during the month of February with plans to review them at the February 26th meeting.

Decisions were reached on the six properties reviewed today and letters and/or certificates will be prepared and mailed to the property owners.  The deadline to submit Applications for a Real Estate or Personal property tax abatement is Thursday, February 1, 2018.

 

5. Supplemental Real Estate Tax Bills

Supplemental Real Estate tax bills are scheduled to go out in mid-March.  The

properties subject to the Supplemental Real Estate Tax depend on if the value of the property changed by more than fifty percent since the beginning of the fiscal year.  Rose will be obtaining the occupancy permits issued by the Office of Planning and Development. There are projected to be twenty-four new single family homes and condominiums for the fy18-1 Supplemental Tax Billing.

 

6. Forms of List and 3ABC Forms.

Mailed on December 28, 2017.

 

7. Income and Expense Forms

Scheduled to be mailed on February 13, 2018

 

8. Motor Vehicle Excise:

First commitment scheduled to be mailed February 13, 2018

16,528 total bills        

 

Meeting adjourned 9am.  Scheduled next meeting for February 26, 2018.