MIINUTES OF MEETING
Bud Noyes, Apprasier
It was noted for the record
that John Swindlehurt, II was unable to attend
tonight’s meeting due to illness.
The board reviewed the
minutes of the December meeting. Bryan
Clark made the motion to accept the minutes as written. Tim Terragni seconded the motion
and the motion carried.
It was noted for the record
that the January meeting was cancelled due to lack of attendance. The following items were reviewed and signed
by members Tim Terragni and John Swindlehurst during the month of January.
1. Letter to trustees of trust funds to transfer funds.
2. Abatement for Rick Martin as agreed in December
3. Intent to cut timber for Joyce Hammond, I1-02-01
4. Timber Tax Warrant for Westerlund,
G4-04-01
5. Current Use Penalties: Magoun, I1-01-12 and
Jones, H1-01-11.
Also, it was noted that Tim Terragni met with the Board of Selectmen regarding the
Assessing budget for the year 2005. It
was decided to add the $13,000 to the assessing budget for the revaluation of
the utility companies. This did bring
the budget up from last year by only $250.
A clarification was made on
Bud Noyes’ invoice of December 2004. The
Board of Selectmen did not carry forward funds to the new
year and voted to pay Bud from the 2004 budget. Also, Bud informed the Board of Assessors
that the five appeals he had mentioned on his invoice were the following:
The new ratio for the year
2004 was received by the Department of Revenue and was set at 54.2%.
Gleason Abatement: A tax amount of $271.35 is still due on the
Gleason Mobile Home which was located at
Current use penalties needed
to be assessed on two properties. Susanne Peace-Stich, B5-02-02 and GPS Properties, C3-04-03. Bud will take the cards and maps home to come
back with a number. The board will
review at a later date.
A request for funds to pay
Vision Appraisals’ invoice of $11,285 was made to the Trustees of The Trust Funds.
Veterans Exemptions: Applications were received and reviewed as
follows:
·
Jenkins, David,
·
Pidgeon, Patrick,
·
Poole, Jacob, 26d
All three veterans exemption
applications were approved and signed but will be processed only after the
applicants have fully completed the applications.
An Elderly Exemption
application was reviewed in the name of Therese J. Paro. The board voted to accept this application
and Mrs. Paro will be notified.
Various items of the reval were discussed.
It was decided to have someone from Vision attend the March meeting of
the Board of Assessors to review some items.
The board reviewed an
application for elderly and disabled tax deferral for Ronald Moyle. It was determined that under RSA 72:38-a it was a requirement that Mr. Moyle be a resident of
Dunbarton in order to qualify. Mr. Moyle
is not a resident of the town. A motion
was made by Tim Terragni that the application for
elderly and disabled tax deferral for Ronald Moyle be
denied on the basis of non-residency.
The motion was seconded by Bryan Clark and the motion passed, the
application was denied.
It is also noted for the
records that Mr. Moyle also applied for a veterans
credit. One of the criteria for veterans credit is also proof of residency.
The Town Office received a
call from George Sansoucy’s office this week. He informed the Board of Assessors that the
Courts had ruled that town and cities could now tax telephone companies for
easements and right-of-ways. The board
discussed this matter and will be consulting with Mr. Sansoucy’s
office soon.
Meeting adjourned at
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Timothy Terragni, Chairman
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Bryan Clark
Recorded by: Janice VandeBogart