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Board of Assessors Meeting Open Session Minutes April 4, 2023 A meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 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. Open Session Public Comment Time: None present. Mr. Lent informed the Board of contracting Newmark Valuation & Advisory LLC and Tellatin, Inc., dba: Integra Healthcare and Senior Housing for Fee Appraisal reviews of the fiscal year 2023 valuations. Newmark will provide the appraisal of the properties at 53-55 Watertown Street and 1050 Waltham Street. Tellatin, Inc., dba: Integra Healthcare & Senior Housing will provide the appraisal of 178 Lowell Street. 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 4:20 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 6:40 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. (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 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 postponed Meeting Minutes. The Board of Assessors next scheduled Meeting will be held on April 18, 2023. There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 6:45 p.m. to adjourn the Meeting. A true record: Attest Sandra Pentedemos, Administrative Assessor Meeting Secretary