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Open Session Minutes
April 02,2020
A remote participation meeting of the Lexington Board of Assessors was called to order at 9 00 a.m.on Thursday,April 2,2020 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 Ass sesswng,Todd Laramie,Residential Inspector/Analyst,Scoff Bouthiette, Residential Inspector/Analyst and
Sandra Pentedemos,,Administrative Assessor.
The Chairman, Gregory Johnson stated the remote participation meeting ;s being held in accordance with Governor Baker s March 12, 2020
Executive Order suspending certa�,�tn provisions of the Open Meeting Law to allow remote participation during Massachusetts'State of
Emergency due to the outbreak of COVI D-1 g.
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 publr,,,,c comment.
02en Session
Public Comment T',1.111me'� None present.
There were no discussions of Financiat Issues including Overlay Fund.
Chairman Johnson made a motion that the Board of Assessors go iin order to deliberate Fiscal Year
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2020 Statutory Exemptions,Real Estate Abatement Applications and Persona'i Property Abatements since deliberation in Open Sess,on coWd
be detrimental to potentiM,appeal or litigation matters consistent with requirements and pract,,,,,,,ces specified in the Open Meeting Law Gude,,
The Board voted, 3-O!,'n favor to go 1"Into Executive Session at 9:15 a.m.
Executive Session occurred here: detaI .
Upon motion duly made and seconded,the Board of Assessors adjourned the Executive Session at 11-.45 a.m.and returned to Open Session
of the Meeting.
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The Board unanimously reviewed and voted 3-0 in favor of 17 denials and approved 3 of the Fiscal Year 2020 Chapter 59,Section 59 Real
Estate Abatement Applicabons, (,See rst in Executive folder).
Member,Ed Grant announced he woud need to excuse himself and depart at 11 a m.
Chairman,Gregory Johnson and Member,,,Casimir Groblewski voted 2-0 in favor of 4 denials and approved 5 of the Fiscal Year 2020
Chapter 59, Real Estate Abatement Applications. (See list in Executive folder).
There were no Fiscal Year 2020 Chapter 59,Section 59 Personal Property Abatement Applications to discuss.
The Board unanimously voted 3-0in favor of approving and denials statuses of the Fiscal Year 2020 Chapter 59,Section 5 Various Clauses of
Statutory Exemption Applications, (See list in Executive folder).
There were no pending Appel'?We Tax Board actions to discuss. No decisions had to be made.
The Board approved Meebng Minutes of(May 28, 2019,July 23,2019 and September 5 2019).
The Board of Assessors next Meeting will be held on ApO 09,2020 at 8:45 a.m.
There being no other business a motion was duly made and seconded at 11,55 a.m to adjourn the Meeting.
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A trra Pentedemos,Administrative Assessor
Meeting Secretary