Assessors announce denials and grants on multiple property/exemption applications after executive session

After returning from executive session on March 5, Julie, a staff member, read aloud the results of votes on multiple property and exemption applications and withdrawals.

Julie announced the following outcomes as read to the board: 626 South Street — Deny; 35 Douglas — Branton; 223 West — Deny; 73 Concord — Branton; 75 Washington — Deny; 33 Birch Street — Granted; 136 Greendale — Deny; 622 Webster — Granted; 1302 South Street — Granted; 214 Garden Street — Withdrawal; 8 Edgewater — Deny; 132 Forest — Deny; 138 Forest — Deny; 7 Southfield Court — Granted; 430 Grove — Granted; 100 Rosemary — Denied; 399 Chestnut — Granted; 178 Crescent — Denied. Julie indicated that everything else was settled.

The chair turned the floor to Julie to report the outcomes; the transcript records the outcomes as read and does not include roll-call tallies tied to individual board members. The executive session had been called specifically to discuss real estate and personal property exemption and payment applications not open to the public and to consider litigation strategy where an open meeting might have a detrimental effect on the government's litigating position.

The board did not announce individual vote tallies for each application in the open session; the decisions were read into the record after the executive session. Several items were listed as settled rather than decided in open motion.

Next steps: the board set a follow-up meeting date and will proceed with any administrative steps required to implement the grants, denials, and settlements announced by staff.