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Open Session Minutes
February 7, 2023
A meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 4:05 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 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 distributed a listing of the Top Ten (10) Taxpayers in Town. This list was compiled for Carolyn Kosnoff, Finance Director in
preparation of the annual Moody's Bond Rating's teleconference call held the other day,
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 2022 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 6:25 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 approved of the Meeting Minutes of April 5, 2022, April 19, 2022, May 10, 2022 and September 20, 2022.
The Board of Assessors next scheduled Meeting will be held on February 22, 2023.
There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 6:40 p.m. to adjourn the Meeting.
A true record: Attest Sandra Pentedemos, Administrative Assessor
Meeting Secretary