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Open Session Minutes
October 23, 2023
A meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 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, Carolyn Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager of
Finance and Sandra Pentedemos, Administrative Assessor.
Open Session
Public Comment Time: None present.
Mr. Lent distributed the preliminary Fiscal Year 2024 Property Tax Classification data packet including all Exhibits to the Board. Ms. Carolyn
Kosnoff, Assistant Town Manager of Finance arrived at 6:10 p.m. to review and discuss the Fiscal Year 2024 recommendations to the Select
Board. The Board discussed the minimum residential factor options to present at the Select Board Public Tax Classification Public Hearing,
scheduled to be held later in the same evening. Ms. Kosnoff informed the Board that she will prepare the Select Board Memo with the four
options; tax shift factor, open space discount, residential exemption and small commercial exemption for the Select Board to vote on.
There were no Fiscal Year 2023 Chapter 59, Section 5 Various Statutory Exemption Applications.
There were no Fiscal Year 2023 Real Estate Abatement.
There were no Fiscal Year 2023 Personal Property Abatement Applications.
There were no pending Appellate Tax Board actions to discuss. No decisions had to be made.
The Board postponed discussion of Meeting Minutes.
The Board of Assessors next scheduled Meeting will be held on November 13, 2023.
There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 6:30 p.m. to adjourn the Meeting.
A true record: Attest Sandra Pentedemos, Administrative Assessor, Meeting Secretary