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MINUTES
AUGUST 24, 2010
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
IN ATTENDANCE
MR FRED A. MCGRANE, MR RALPH A. COLORUSSO, MR WILLIAM
BOATWRIGHT & MS. PATRICIA SULLIVAN. MR ROBERT I.
NORDSTRAND WAS ABSENT.
1. APPOINTMENTS WERE NONE.
2. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING/S
AUGUST 17, 2010 -APPROVED 2-0 TO APPROVE THE
MINUTES AS AMENDED.
3. TOWN APPRAISER'S REPORT
MR BOATWRIGHT BRIEFED THE BOARD ON HIS
PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE LOWER ASSESSED
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES (ie., BELOW $300,000). HE
EMPHASIZED THAT HE WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY
TARGETING THESE PROPERTIES.
MR BOATWRIGHT BRIEFED THE BOARD ON PROGRESS
BEING MADE BY MIKE FLYNN WITH THE REVALUATION
PROCESS.
3. TOWN APPRAISER'S REPORT CONT.
MR BOATWRIGHT BRIEFED THE BOARD ON THE LACK OF
PROGRESS BEING MADE WITH THE REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS (RFP). THE BOARD OFFERED TO ASSIST IN
WHATEVER WAY IT COULD.
4. SIGNINGS WERE COMPLETED.
5. NEW BUSINESS
MR COLORUSSO DISTRIBUTED A FORM OF LIST WHICH IS
EMPLOYED BY THE TOWN OF ANDOVER. HE ASKED THAT
THE TOWN APPRAISER REVIEW THE FORM TO SEE IF THE
TOWN OF READING CAN BENEFIT FROM THE FORM FOR
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
6. GENERAL BUSINESS NONE NOTED.
7. CORRESPONDENCE NONE NOTED.
8. NEXT MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 31ST AT 7:OOPM
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