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Berkley Board of Assessors signs FY2025 tax warrants, approves motor-vehicle abatements and authorizes ATB appeal
Summary
At a June 26 meeting the Berkley Board of Assessors signed preliminary FY2025 real-estate and personal-property tax warrants, approved motor-vehicle abatements, accepted vendor invoices and directed staff to file an informal appeal with the Appellate Tax Board over a denied FY2024 abatement.
The Berkley Board of Assessors signed preliminary FY2025 tax warrants and commitments and approved a set of abatements at its June 26 meeting.
Chairman Mark Pettey Jr called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and the board unanimously approved the minutes of the June 5, 2024 meeting after a motion by Mark Pettey Jr and a second by Jeanne Russo. The board then signed the FY2025 preliminary real-estate tax warrant and commitment for $7,664,660.78 and the FY2025 personal-property tax warrant and commitment for $173,607.44.
The board voted unanimously to grant two 2023 motor-vehicle abatements totaling $108.48 and 31 motor-vehicle abatements for 2024 totaling $5,718.70; the abatements were recorded and signed. The board also moved to pay routine invoices presented at the meeting, including WB Mason ($37.03 for office supplies), an invoice of $705.00 to Steve Mederios for list-and-measure work covering 47 parcels (work dated 6/5–6/12/2024), $975.00 to Richard Gonsalves for certification consulting, and $456.00 to Automated Business Solutions for FY2025 services.
On administrative matters the board recorded that telephone and pipeline central valuations from the Department of Local Services (DLS) had been received and entered into the CAMA system for FY2025. The board accepted subscription quotes from MapGeo and Nearmap. Members discussed consolidating and repurposing the Measure & List form for Berkley mailings and asked for a future discussion to establish an office methodology for Measure & List procedures.
The board noted a personnel change: a maintenance/custodial staff member resigned to pursue other employment. The minutes also noted a staff bereavement: JoEllen’s sister recently passed away and arrangement details were shared with the board. The certification work with Richard Gonsalves is ongoing and data collection across Berkley remains in progress.
At 5:37 p.m. Lisa Tetreault called an executive session to discuss abatement-related matters; the board did not return to open session. As a follow-up the board directed Gary Hoitt to draft an Informal Procedure filing with the Appellate Tax Board appealing a denied FY2024 abatement and to draft a letter to the taxpayer who had been denied, proposing a conference call to seek an amicable resolution. The motion to authorize those steps was made by Lisa Tetreault, seconded by Jeanne Russo, and carried by unanimous roll-call vote.
The meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.
