Gardner Board of Assessors nominates Charles LeBlanc for chair, approves minutes and moves to executive session

The City of Gardner Board of Assessors on Jan. 21 nominated Charles LeBlanc to serve as board chair and took procedural actions including a motion to accept meeting minutes from Dec. 3, 2024.

A board member said, “I would like I would like to nominate Charles LeBlanc to be our chairman,” and another member indicated acceptance: “I will accept.” A motion to approve the Dec. 3, 2024 minutes was made and seconded; the transcript records the motion and second but does not record a roll-call or final tally for that minutes vote.

Board members reviewed and handled tax-commitment paperwork titled 2025 Commitment 1 and 2024 Commitment 7, excise tax. The board discussed that two copies are prepared — one for the auditor and one for the treasurer/collector — and exchanged the top copy for signatures. The transcript records discussion of the paper copies and handling of forms but does not include a separate recorded vote explicitly authorizing the signatures.

Toward the end of the open session, a motion was made under the meeting’s agenda to enter executive session “under General Laws chapter 30A to comply with or act under the authority of any general law.” A motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded; the chair declared, “And motion passes. We are now in executive session.” The board did not return to open session on the public record in the transcript.