Newbury board reviews preliminary warrants, considers abatements and sets August meeting

At a semiannual meeting on Tuesday the 23rd, the Newbury board reviewed and signed the open- and executive-session minutes from May 19 and authorized paperwork for preliminary tax warrants and commitments.

The meeting opened with the chair welcoming attendees and confirming two board members were present by name, Sandy and Linda. The clerk presented two preliminary warrants for signature, which were read into the record as "10,838437" for real estate and "177,171" for personal property, and told members the bill files had been tested and were ready for signatures. The clerk also said recipients would receive a signed copy of the notice in the mail.

The clerk presented the motor vehicle commitment book that accompanies previously issued motor vehicle bills and asked members to sign to finalize the entries. The clerk read motor vehicle line items in the record as "62550" for 2024, "124.89" for a 2025 entry, and "1,93720" for a 2026 entry; board members confirmed and signed where indicated. The record shows a boat abatement listed as "$88" among four abatements and exemptions the clerk distributed for review.

Board members discussed scheduling and agreed to skip the July meeting. The chair and members settled on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 3:00 p.m. for the next meeting. The chair noted there was nothing for executive session. A member moved to adjourn and another seconded; the meeting was called at 3:08 p.m.

The meeting record contains the amounts as read aloud; formatting of several numeric entries in the transcript is unclear in places and is reported here verbatim from the record.