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DWELL STREET
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RAPING, MA 01867 -2693
MINUTES
MARCH 13, 2012
MEETING CONVENED AT 7:00 P.M.
IN ATTENDANCE:
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
TEL.: 781 - 942 -9027
FAX: 781 - 942 -9037
MR. RALPH A. COLORUSSO, MR. FRED A. MCGRANE, MR.
ROBERT J. QUINN, MR. ROBERT I. NORDSTRAND, MR.
WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT AND MS. PAT SULLIVAN (LEFT @
8:30PM).
1. APPOINTMENTS: - NONE NOTED.
2. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING /S:
FEBRUARY 28, 2012 - VOTED 2 -0 TO APPROVE AS AMENDED
3. TOWN APPRAISER'S REPORT:
MR. BOATWRIGHT BRIEFED THE BOARD AS WELL AS
DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF THE RFP FOR THE DATA
VERIFICATION OF ALL REAL PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF
READING. ,SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING
THE LANGUAGE IN THE RFP. THE DATES FOR
COMPLETION WERE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE FACT
THAT ONE -THIRD OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARCELS SB
COMPLETED IN EACH OF THE THREE YEARS.
MINUTES CONTINUED
3. TOWN APPRAISER'S REPORT: (CON'T)
MR. BOATWRIGHT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ONE
GENERAL WAY (THE MARKET BASKET PARCEL) HAS
WITHDRAWN ITS APPLICATION FOR A PENDING TAX
APPEAL FOR FY2011 AND THE FY2012 ABATEMENT.
MR. BOATWRIGHT BRIEFED THE BOARD ON THE RECENT
DECISION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS APPEALS COURT
REGARDING THE TAX IMPLICATIONS ON PROJECTS
CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED. HE SHARED WITH THE
BOARD AN E -MAIL WHICH MEMORIALIZED THE ISSUES
REGARDING THE TAX IMPLICATIONS.
4. SIGNINGS: - WERE COMPLETED.
5. NEW BUSINESS: -
THE BOARD EXECUTED A LETTER TO LAURA GEMME TO
APPOINT MR. NORDSTRAND AS ASSISTANT ASSESSOR OF
THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
MR. COLORUSSO MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR.
MCGRANE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
ASSESSORS. MR. QUINN SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH
WAS APPROVED 2 -0 WITH MR. MCGRANE ABSTAINING.
MR. COLORUSSO MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. QUINN
AS THE SECRETARY /CLERK OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
MR. MCGRANE SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH WAS
APPROVED 2 -0 WITH MR. QUINN ABSTAINING.
MR. MCGRANE MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR.
COLORUSSO AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
ASSESSORS. MR. QUINN SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH
WAS APPROVED 2 -0 WITH MR. COLORUSSO ABSTAINING.
MINUTES CONTINUED
6. GENERAL BUSINESS: - NONE NOTED.
7. CORRESPONDENCE: -
MR. COLORUSSO READ THE THANK YOU NOTE WHICH WAS
RECEIVED FROM MR. NORDSTRAND.
8. NEXT MEETING:
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 0 P.M.
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ADJOURNED: 9:30 P.M. ATTEST:
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