Blackstone assessors approve motor-vehicle abatements, send unpaid Vision invoice to special town meeting; cloud-hosting bill deferred

The Town of Blackstone Board of Assessors on March 20, 2025 approved multiple routine administrative items, signed a list of motor-vehicle abatements posted since February and voted to place an unpaid invoice from Vision Government Solutions on a special town meeting warrant while deferring a larger Vision invoice pending clarification.

The board voted to approve the minutes for Feb. 20, 2025 and to place a $980 invoice from Vision Government Solutions — which the board said arrived after the June 30 fiscal deadline — onto the special town meeting warrant so the town can lawfully pay it. The board did not approve a separate Vision invoice for $5,410 described on the paperwork as “cloud hosting”; members asked staff to return that bill with clarifying documentation at the next meeting.

The meeting also included approval and signatures for motor-vehicle abatements posted since the last meeting. Board members said the posted list contained about 38 abatements. The board separately approved abatements for service personnel and for non-veteran excise abatements that were on the agenda.…