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Board of Assessors Meeting Open Session Minutes January 10, 2023 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in the Parker Meeting Room, Town Office Building. Gregory Johnson, Chairman, Edmund C. Grant, Member and Casimir Groblewski, Member were present as well as Robert F. Lent, Director of Assessing, Michael E. Golden, Assistant Director of Assessing, Barbara Sird, Residential Inspector/Analyst and Sandra Pentedemos, Administrative Assessor. Ooen Session Public Comment Time: None present. Mr. Lent informed the Board that Real Estate Research Consultants (RRC) in December began performing the annual field data collection of the Business Personal Property. RRC will notify Mr. Lent when the site -inspections have been completed in Town. The Form of Lists for Fiscal Year 2024 are due on or before March 1, 2023. VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Assessors voted 3-0 by roll call to adjourn the Open Session of the meeting at 4:15 p.m. to enter into Executive Session under Purpose 7 in order to deliberate Fiscal Year 2023 Statutory Exemptions, Real Estate Abatement Applications and Personal Property Abatements. Further it was declared that an open meeting discussion may have a detrimental effect on the litigation position of the town. The Board reconvened Open Session at 6:10 p.m. Executive Session occurred here: details may be viewed in separate Executive Session folder. VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Assessors voted 3-0 by roll call to approve the recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2023 Chapter 59, Section 5 Various Statutory Exemption Applications. The Finance/MUNIS software allows for the exemption credits to be applied, prior to issuing the Actual 31 quarter bills, during the December month, known as the MASS ABATE processing. These exemption credits are applied to the 3nd & 4'h quarterly tax bill, reducing the amounts due. (See lists in Executive folder). VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Assessors voted 3-0 by roll call to approve the recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2023 Chapter 59 Section 59, Real Estate Abatement Applications. (See list in Executive folder). VOTE: Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board of Assessors voted 3-0 by roll call to approve the recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2023 Chapter 59 Section 59, Personal Property Abatement Applications. (See list in Executive folder). There were no pending Appellate Tax Board actions to discuss. No decisions had to be made. The Board approved of the Meeting Minutes of February 8, 2022, March S, 2022, March 22, 2022. The Board of Assessors next scheduled Meeting will be held on February 7, 2023. There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 6:20 p.m. to adjourn the Meeting. A true record: Attest Sandra Pentedemos, Administrative Assessor, Meeting Secretary