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**Disclaimer: If you have a disability that requires certain accommodations, please contact the Select Board’s office at least 48 hours before the meeting, excluding Saturday, Sundays and legal holidays at 781-326-4172 or selectboard@townhall.westwood.ma.us.

**Disclaimer: If you have a disability that requires certain accommodations, please contact the Select Board’s office at least 48 hours before the meeting, excluding Saturday, Sundays and legal holidays at 781-326-4172 or selectboard@townhall.westwood.ma.us.

**Pursuant to Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021, On June 16, 2021, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted during the State of Emergency.  This Act includes an extension, until July 15, 2022, of the remote meeting provisions of his March 12, 2020, Executive Order.

This meeting will be conducted via remote means. Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so by using the Webinar link below. No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. In the event that we are unable to do so, for reasons of economic hardship and despite best efforts, we will post on the Town website an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting.

Please note the meeting has been changed from in person to remote-3/10/2022

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

When: Mar 15, 2022 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Board of Assessors

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84875945568?pwd=YllKUnkxUkNQdTdvYmVOT1N1OTJwUT09

Passcode: 515913

Or Telephone:

833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free)

Webinar ID: 848 7594 5568

LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

• Attendance & Call to Order
• Review & Approve prior Meeting Minutes
• Sign “apportionment of tax on divided real estate"
• Review and discuss Verizon Personal Property Agreement with DOR
• Other business that may properly come before the Board
• Adjournment of public meeting
• Review and vote on FY 2022 abatement applications & Open Executive Session Executive Session Script

The Board of Assessors will be going into Executive Session to approve executive session minutes from the July 12, 2021 meeting and to review FY22 real estate abatement applications. The Board of Assessors may convene in Executive Session under Purpose 7 “to comply with, or act under the authority of, any general law, citing G.L. c.59, § 60 as the statute requiring confidentiality.” See G.L. c.30A, § 21(a)(7)

Pursuant to G.L. c.30A §22(f) (g) to comply with any general law for review of Executive Session Minutes, all of which would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governing body if discussion were in open session.  The Board will not be returning to open session.