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Board of Assessor's Meeting TOWN CLERK
Open Session Minutes LEXINGTON MA
February 04,2021
A remote participation meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 9:05 a.m. on Thursday, February
04, 2021 via Zoom remote meeting services. Gregory Johnson, Chairman, Edmund C. Grant, Member, Casimir Groblewski,
Member were present as well as Robert F. Lent, Director of Assessing, Michael Golden,Assistant Assessor/Residential Field
Manager, Scott Bouthiette, Residential Inspector/Analyst and Sandra Pentedemos,Administrative Assessor.
Chairman Gregory Johnson, stated the remote participation meeting is being held in accordance with Governor Bakers March
12, 2020 Executive Order suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law to allow remote participation during
Massachusetts' State of Emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19,
Mr. Johnson provided instructions to the members of the public,who were watching or listening to the meeting via the Zoom
application regarding the procedure of making a public comment.
Ogen Session
Public Comment Time: None present.
There were no discussions of Financial Issues including Overlay Fund.
Chairman Johnson made a motion that the Board of Assessors go into Executive Session under Purpose 7 in order to
deliberate Fiscal Year 2021 Statutory Exemptions, Real Estate Abatement Applications and Personal Property Abatements
since deliberation in Open Session could be detrimental to potential appeal or litigation matters, consistent with requirements
and practices specified in the Open Meeting Law Guide.
The Board voted, 3-0 in favor to go into Executive Session at 9:20 a.m.
Executive Session occurred here: details may be viewed in separate Executive Session folder.
Upon motion duly made and seconded,the Board of Assessors adjourned the Executive Session at 10:30 a.m. and returned
to Open Session of the Meeting.
Open Session
The Board unanimously voted 3-0 in favor of the approved statuses of the Fiscal Year 2021 Chapter 59, Section 5 Various
Clauses of Statutory Exemption Applications. (See list in Executive folder).
The Board unanimously voted 3-0 in favor of the approved Fiscal Year 2021 Chapter 59 Section 59, Real Estate and
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 discussion of previous Meeting Minutes.
The Board of Assessors next Meeting will be held on February 18, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.
There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 10:40 a.m. to adjourn the Meeting.
Board of ssor
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A true record: Attest Sandra Pentedemos,Administrative Assessor
Meeting Secretary