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Board of Assessors Meeting
Open Session Minutes LIE)ONGTON MA
April 01,2021
A remote participation meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 9:00 a.m.on Thursday,April 01,2021 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,Secretary.
Chairman Johnson,stated the remote participation meeting is being held in accordance with Governor Baker's 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
Open Session
Public Comment Time: None presenL
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
2020 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 10:50 a.m.and returned to Open Session
of the Meeting.
Open Session
The Board unanimously voted 3-0 in favor of the approved status 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 recommendations of the Fiscal Year 2021 Chapter 59 Section 59,Real Estate
Abatement Applications. (See list in Executive folder)
There were no Fiscal Year 2021 Personal Property Abatement Applications presented.
There were no pending Appellate Tax Board actions to discuss. No decisions had to be made,
The Board of Assessors next Meeting will be held on April 15,2021 at 9:00 a.m.
There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 11:00 a.m.to adjourn the Meeting,
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A true record: Attest Sandra Pentedemos,Administrative Assessor
Meeting Secretary