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Deerfield assessors review FY2027 budget worksheets, approve payables and motor vehicle abatements
Summary
The Deerfield Board of Assessors met Jan. 6, 2026, reviewed and revised FY2027 budget worksheets and the 2025 annual reports for submittal, approved payables and motor vehicle excise abatements (per an attached list), and announced an executive session under state law.
The Deerfield Board of Assessors met at 7:00 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2026, in Room 117 at Town Hall to review administrative business, revise budget materials for FY2027 and complete routine approvals before entering an executive session. The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
Member Charles Shattuck moved to accept the minutes of Dec. 9, 2025; Member Skip Sobieski seconded. Member Frank Leone was recorded as abstaining due to absence and the board noted the motion “carried 2 – 0.” The board approved the Dec. 10, 2025 minutes on a similar vote (Shattuck moved, Sobieski seconded; Leone abstained, motion carried “2 – 0”). For the Dec. 16, 2025 minutes, Member Frank Leone moved to accept, Member Skip Sobieski seconded and Member Charles Shattuck abstained due to absence; the board recorded the motion as “carried 2 – 0.”
Under mail, memos and administrative business the board approved payables, reviewed business certificates, and reviewed December deeds, plans and building permits. The board reviewed and revised FY2027 budget worksheets for submittal and reviewed and revised the 2025 annual reports for submittal. The meeting record notes the payables were approved and that motor vehicle excise abatements were acted on “per attached list”; a signature stamp was used to complete the abatements.
The board announced it would enter executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws c. 30A §21(a)(7) to comply with, or act under, any general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements and specifically cited Chapter 59, section 60. The record states that open session would conclude at the opening of executive session. The meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.; minutes were submitted by Clerk Karen Menard.
What this means: the board completed routine administrative approvals and prepared its FY2027 materials for formal submittal. The motor vehicle excise abatements were approved as recorded in the attached list; the executive session was called under state law to address matters covered by Chapter 59, section 60.
