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Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 11:00 am
Rowe Town Hall - Meeting Room #1 and via Remote Participation
A meeting of the Board of Assessors

TOWN OF ROWE - BOARD OF ASSESSORS - AGENDA

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 – 11 a.m.

Rowe Town Hall – Assessors Meeting Room

REMOTE PARTICIPATION INFORMATION:

Meeting Host: Zoom.us

Meeting ID: 288-065-7034

URL: https://zoom.us/j/2880657034

Telephone: 312-626-6799

1. Call to Order:

2. Minutes:

• Outstanding 2020 Minutes: Jun 30, 2020 (Reg & ES), Jul 21, 2020 (Reg), Aug 27, 2020 (Reg & ES), Sept 16, 2020 (Reg), Sep 22, 2020 (Reg), Sep 29, 2020 (Reg)

• Outstanding 2022 Minutes: Feb 2, 2022 (Reg), Feb 2, 2022 (ES), Mar 11, 2022 (Reg), Mar 30, 2022 (Reg), Apr 19, 2022 (ES), Apr 27, 2022 (Reg), May 25, 2022 (Reg), May 25, 2022 (ES), July 7, 2022 (Reg), July 7, 2022 (ES), July 27, 2022 (Reg), August 17, 2022 (Reg), August 17, 2022 (ES), September 14, 2022 (Reg), September 14, 2022 (ES), September 22, 2022 (Reg), September 22, 2022 (ES), November 17, 2022 (Reg) and December 13, 2022 (Reg), December 20, 2022 (Reg), December 20, 2022 (ES)

3. FY23 Budget/Payables:
   • Postage to Rick Williams for FY24 FOL & Chap 38 D/F RFI Mailings (Nat’l Grid & GRH) $34.30
   • Postage to Rick Williams for FY24 FOL & Chap 38 D/F RFI Mailings (Yankee & BS) $34.30
   • Postage to Rick Williams for BS Agreement signature pgs. (D. Klebanoff) $4.04

FY23 Acct	Acct #	7-1-22 Approp	Curr Bal (01-05-23)	Payroll/Payables	Amount	New Bal
BOA Stipends	01-141-5100-00000	$5,354	$2,676.98
Admin Assistant Wages	01-141-5102-00000	$13,000	$6,760.00
BOA Operations	01-141-5701-00000	$ 7,950	$1346.44	Postage to Rick Williams for FY24 FOL & Chap 38 D/F RFI Mailings-Yankee & BS Postage to Rick Williams for FY24 FOL & Chap 38 D/F RFI Mailings-Nat’l Grid; GRH Postage to Rick Williams for BS Agreement signature pages sent to D. Klebanoff	$ 34.30 $ 34.30 $ 4.04	$ 1,311.14 $1,277.84 $1,273.80
ATB Consulting/ Legal Support	03-141-5901-03166	$50,000	$64,382.34
Quint Reval – RES/CIP	03-141-5902-03178	$8,100	$0
Quint Reval - YAEC	03-141-5902-03179	$1,500	$0
Annual Updates - Hydro Values	03-141-5902-03180	$14,000	$0
Annual Updates - T&D Values	03-141-5902-03181	$5,000	$0
Assessors Overlay	01-1-230-217, 218, 219, 220	TBD	$603,728.42

4. New Deeds, Plans, etc. – September 2022

• Deed BK 8032 Pg 302, Map 409 Lot 18 (Powers to Pappa) Bulk of property in Charlemont (Lot 12B). Small Rowe Parcel is not on deed due to town boundary change. Multi-Parcel $75,000.

5. FY23 Issues

6. Executive Session - Under MGL c.30A, §21(a), Item 7: “…to comply with, or act under the authority of, any general law,” specifically MGL c.59, §60—the statute requiring confidentiality - concerning property tax exemption and/or abatement applications:

• FY23 Abatement Applications: Pan Am Southern Railroad – Lots 411/23 & 411/28 (Exempt)

7. FY24 FOL/Chap 38D&F RFI/3ABC Mailings

8. FY24 Budget:
   • Recap of Budget hearing w/FinCom – January 19, 2023

9. FY24 Contracts

10. Correspondence:

11. Other Business:

12. Next Meeting: TBD

13. Adjournment:

Frederick N. Williams, Chair

Posted: Brooke Shulda – 01/19/2023 – 3:00pm

Filed: Town Clerk – 01/19/2023