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Rockland Board of Assessors signs $23,455.49 in April motor-vehicle abatements, denies three 2023 applications
Summary
At its May 5 meeting the Rockland Board of Assessors signed April motor-vehicle abatements totaling $23,455.49, denied three 2023 MV abatement applications, and signed three 2026 excise bills to be abated as uncollectible. The board approved meeting minutes in a 2-0 vote.
The Rockland Board of Assessors signed the end-of-month report for posted motor-vehicle (MV) abatements for April 2026 totaling $23,455.49 and denied three MV abatement applications tied to 2023 bills, the board recorded in its May 5 meeting minutes at Town Hall.
Chairman Dennis M. Robson moved to approve the April 21, 2026 meeting minutes; Vice Chairman Dianne M. Molineaux seconded and the board voted 2-0 to approve and sign the minutes. The minutes record that the board then signed the April MV abatement report totaling $23,455.49, though no separate roll-call vote is recorded for the report signing in the minutes.
The minutes state the board denied three MV abatement applications for 2023 bills — #11060, #11090 and #11109 — finding they did not meet the abatement criteria. The transcript does not record who moved or seconded the denials or a vote tally for that action.
The board also signed three 2026 motor-vehicle excise bills — #4352, #6546 and #12283 — to be abated after the Town Collector deemed them uncollectible, according to the minutes. The minutes do not provide additional details about the collectors' determinations or the taxpayers involved.
In attendance at the meeting were Chairman Dennis M. Robson, Vice Chairman Dianne M. Molineaux, Director of Assessing Meg Peterson and staff members Annette Murray (taking minutes) and Karen Doherty. The meeting header lists the meeting time as 3:30 p.m., but the minutes record that the chairman called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.; the record does not explain the discrepancy.
The board took no additional public actions in open session before adjourning into executive session to discuss pending ATB cases.
