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Fall River City officials approve and deny Fiscal Year 2025 abatements and exemptions
Summary
At a brief meeting, Fall River City officials unanimously approved a slate of Fiscal Year 2025 statutory exemptions and denied several others after an executive session to review the cases.
Fall River City officials voted unanimously to approve multiple Fiscal Year 2025 statutory exemptions and to deny several other exemption and abatement requests at a public meeting that followed an executive session to review the cases.
The board entered executive session citing GLC 38, section 21 A 7; GLC 59, section 60, B; and GLC 38, section 21 A 3, saying public discussion would be detrimental to the city’s legal position. After reconvening in open session, members recorded unanimous votes on the matters presented.
In open session the board approved a list of statutory exemptions for Fiscal Year 2025 that the clerk read into the record. The approved exemption numbers were: 94, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 10101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 10013, 10015, 10016, 10017 and 118. The motion to approve and the subsequent roll call produced three yes votes and no recorded no or abstain votes.
The board then denied another set of exemption requests: numbers 109, 10010, 10011, 10012 and 114. Separately, the board denied two Fiscal Year 2025 abatements, numbers 72 and 73. All denials were recorded by unanimous 3-0 roll call votes.
Earlier on the agenda the board also approved the minutes of the March 19, 2025 meeting, accepted the invoice proof list and approved the monthly report; each of those routine items passed on unanimous roll calls. The board scheduled its next meeting for May 21 at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:20 a.m.
Votes at a glance • Approve minutes of 03/19/2025 — Outcome: approved; vote: 3–0 • Approve invoice proof list — Outcome: approved; vote: 3–0 • Approve monthly report — Outcome: approved; vote: 3–0 • Enter executive session per GLC 38, §21 A7; GLC 59, §60 B; GLC 38, §21 A3 — Outcome: approved; vote: 3–0 • Approve Fiscal Year 2025 statutory exemptions (listed above) — Outcome: approved; vote: 3–0 • Deny Fiscal Year 2025 exemption requests (109, 10010, 10011, 10012, 114) — Outcome: denied; vote: 3–0 • Deny Fiscal Year 2025 abatements 72 and 73 — Outcome: denied; vote: 3–0 • Schedule next meeting for May 21 at 10 a.m. — Outcome: approved; vote: 3–0
The meeting record shows no public-comment debate on the exemptions during open session. Staff and members noted the executive-session review was held because discussion in public could harm the city’s legal position; no further details about the underlying exemption or abatement claims were disclosed in open session.
