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Minutes
Friday, February 16, 2018
Hudson Room, Cary Memorial Building
ATTENDANCE
Mark Andersen,Vicki Blier, Howard Cloth, Katie Cutler,Charles Mabardy,Thomas Whelan,John Zhao,Joe
Pato, Selectman Liaison & Acting Chair. All members were present, and no members of the public
attended.
Mr. Pato called the meeting to order at 9:02 AM.
1) Introductions.
Committee members introduced themselves to each other in a round-table discussion. Each
member described their background and motivations for volunteering to serve on the committee.
2) Subject Review.
Ms Blier presented a brief review of the predecessor working group's report to the Selectmen -
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3) Committee Charge.
Mr. Pato outlined the committee charge and noted that the committee has broad latitude within
the scope of studying the residential exemption. Ms Blier noted that the Tax Deferral and
Exemption Study committee asked the Selectman to have this ad-hoc committee include an
analysis of potential means-tested senior exemption program modeled on the program created
in Sudbury. The Tax Deferral committee will first complete candidate language for the program
before passing it to this committee for analysis in the context of the residential exemption.
4) Schedule.
Mr. Andersen requested that the committee address scheduling before choosing officers. The
Committee established a bi-weekly meeting schedule beginning March 2 through April 27 on
Friday's at 8:30AM.
S) Election of Committee Officers.
Mr. Andersen volunteered to serve as committee chair,this was approved by unanimous vote.
Ms Blier volunteered to serve as committee document editor, this was approved by unanimous
vote.
No member volunteered to serve as the permanent recording secretary,so the committee agreed
to have these duties rotate from meeting to meeting. Ms Cutler volunteered to take minutes at
the next meeting on March 2.
Meeting Adjourned at 10:40 AM.
Minutes submitted by Joseph Pato.
Approved 3/2/18