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Bedford Board of Assessors approves motor-vehicle abatements and two excise warrants
Summary
The Board of Assessors approved $4,913.89 in motor-vehicle excise abatements, a 2025 motor-vehicle warrant for $13,479.01, and a 2026 warrant of $2,157,512.87; three additional property abatements were granted in executive session.
The Town of Bedford Board of Assessors approved a set of motor-vehicle excise tax abatements and authorized two Assessors’ warrants during its Jan. 26, 2026, meeting held via Zoom.
The board voted 2-0 to approve motor-vehicle excise tax abatements totaling $4,913.89 for certificates dated Dec. 18 and Dec. 31, 2025, and Jan. 14, 2026. The board also approved the 2025 Assessors Warrant to Collector — Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitment 7 — for $13,479.01, and the 2026 Assessors Warrant to Collector — Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitment 1 — for $2,157,512.87. Both warrant approvals passed 2-0.
Rebecca Neale, acting clerk, moved the abatement motion; Nance Wolk seconded. The meeting record shows the same members voting for the warrant approvals.
After a public session on administrative items, the board adjourned to executive session and did not return to regular session. In executive session the board granted abatements on three properties: 38 Gould Rd (parcel 019-0057), whose value was reduced from $885,900 to $861,800; 39 Concord Rd (053-0009), reduced from $1,893,900 to $1,716,700; and 30-38 South Rd (054-0134), reduced from $844,500 to $817,600. The transcript does not record individual vote tallies for the executive-session abatements.
The approvals will be reflected in the Collector’s commitments and in the town’s tax records; the board did not provide further detail on the rationale for the executive-session abatements in the public minutes.
