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JANUARY 17, 2012 <br />TOWN OF READINqcEIVED <br />16 LOWELL STRF 'N CLERK <br />I�G. <br />READING, MASS. <br />NG MA 01867 -2693 <br />1011 JAN 2u 18 <br />MINUTES <br />MEETING CONVENED AT 7:00 P.M. <br />IN ATTENDANCE: <br />BOARD OF ASSESSORS <br />TEL.: 781 - 942 -9027 <br />FAX: 781 - 942 -9037 <br />MR. RALPH A. COLORUSSO, MR. FRED A. MCGRANE, MR. <br />WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT AND MS. PATRICIA SULLIVAN. <br />MR. NORDSTRAND ARRIVED AT 7:15 P.M. <br />1. APPOINTMENTS: - NONE NOTED. <br />2. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING /S: <br />JANUARY 10, 2012 - APPROVED 2 -0 AS READ <br />(MR. NORDSTRAND WAS NOT PRESENT) <br />3. TOWN APPRAISER'S REPORT: <br />THE BOARD REVIEWED THE NEED FOR THE ASSOCIATE <br />APPRAISER SO AS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE <br />STATE FOR CERTIFICATION. MR. BOATWRIGHT FLOATED <br />THE SUGGESTION THAT THE TOWN ABANDON THE PART - <br />TIME ASSOCIATE APPRAISER IN FAVOR OF HIRING 4 FULL - <br />TIME DATA COLLECTORS FROM PATRIOT PROPERTIES <br />FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS AT A ONE- <br />TIME COST OF APPROXIMATELY $72,000. THE BOARD FELT <br />THAT WHILE THIS STRATEGY HAD SOME MERIT, IT WOULD <br />