BOARD OF ASSESSORS
TOWN OF
Present: Timothy
Terragni, Chairman
John R. Swindlehurst,
II
Bryan Clark
The Board visited
The Board wishes to thank
Compton and the French family for many years of dedicated service to our
town. We wish him the best in his
retirement and hope that he will always keep in touch with all his friends here
at the
The minutes of the
The Board received a request
from Cimray Homes regarding current use
penalties. Gary Chicoine
felt that based on the board decision of
The Board met with Bud Noyes, Assessor for the
town.
John stated that he had
asked Bud to come in to meet with the board to clear up some concerns that Bud
had regarding various assessments.
Bud stated that he felt he
was in an awkward position, taking over the pickup work from a colleague He started in April and came
across a lot of errors. These errors have been corrected. As a result he felt that the town may have
some appeals because of these
corrections. One of his
biggest concerns in doing the appraisal work were
errors on current use. He was in the
process of
scrutinizing errors on
cards and has been making changes as he goes.
He found buildings erected without permits. Found driveways paved, decks on houses, a
porch on the back of one house, and an in-ground swimming pool, with no permit for any of
these items. He also said that one of
the problems he had encounter was those current use lots not leaving enough out
of Current Use where their buildings were.
Bud went on to talk about
the Keefe subdivision off Route 77. They
have put in a long paved road with a cul-de-sac and the land is still in
current use. He needs to get information
from the building department on the dimensions of the road. Tim inquired as to how the penalty would be
calculated. Bud said that he would take
the frontage on Route 77 and then figure backland values, using equalized ratio
and come up with a value. He will work
on this.
Bud mentioned that a few
lots had left out too little land from current use with their buildings. He stated that owners with long driveways, were only leaving an acre out. Driveways were in current use and they cannot
be in current use. Properties were in
current use and have house lots in rear acres but there are no maps showing
where these acres are. Tim stated that
it was understandable that
the older lots may not have maps but the newer ones are up to
date. Bud agreed,
saying that the ones without maps are old properties but that some of the maps
are totally different then what is actually there. Tim mention that
some towns require markers to designate the current use areas.
Bud went on to say that he
had found a house, addition on it, that had never been assessed. He found several buildings miss-measured and
one that showed up on the card as having less square footage then what was
actually there so the property had been under-taxed for years. He has made appropriate changes to these
cards.
John stated that Bud
probably should continue to adjust all errors found and let Vision handle
changes that have not been discovered but he stated that the town would have to
correct the current use problems ourselves as Vision will use our calculations
for acres in and out of current use.
Tim spoke about the contract
with Bud for this year. He felt that in
the past when the town had a reval the town had an
appraiser who worked with the reval company. The Board would like to have someone who
could do that job and inform the board of Vision’s progress. The Board asked Bud if he would consider
being that person and act as a liaison to the board. He could continue under his contract now with
the town but keep track of the time he spends with them.
The Board discussed the
Wagner vs Dunbarton case that will go before the
Board of Tax and Land Appeals on July 29, 2004.
John asked Bud
if he would handle the Wagner case. Bud stated that he would rather
have the board handle that one, but later agreed that he would take a
look at it.
The Gagne property, lot
C3-2-3 was discussed. Tim stated that
the board had decided a while ago to let it go until the reval . Bud reviewed the assessment card and found we
were not generous at all in the depreciation of the house because of it’s age,
so it will all come out even.
The motion was made by John Swindlehurst to have Bud Noyes be the liaison for the Board
of Assessors with Vision Appraisal. The
motion was seconded by Bryan Clark, all members were in favor.
Bud agreed stating that he
would be glad to be of any assistance to the town.
Bud Noyes left the meeting
at
The board approved and
signed the following items:
·
Abatement form to correct
computer generator errors on tax bills.
·
Warrant to collect taxes
relating to errors mentioned above.
·
Timber Tax Certification
forms for: Krogman, George, Mattil
and Keefe.
·
Timber Tax Warrant for Krogman, George, Mattil and
Keefe.
The board reviewed the bid
from George Sansoucy accepted by the Board of
Selectmen on June 3, 2004 for the assessment of Utility properties. The bid was as follows:
·
for pick ups for the year
2004 -
$4500;
·
for the revaluation in 2005 - $13,000;
·
for the pickups in 2006 -
$4500.
The Board approved these bid
prices and will budget accordingly.
The meeting was adjourned at
8:55PM
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Timothy Terragni, Chairman
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Bryan
Clark
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John R. Swindlehurst, II
Dunbarton
Board of Assessors
Recorded by: Janice VandeBogart