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LIST OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

                                          (For updates to this notice, please see www.townhall.westwood.ma.us)

• Attendance and Call to Order
• Review & Approve the Minutes of March 28, 2023 & April 10,2023
• Reorganize the Board of Assessors. Vote new Chairperson, Second Member & Clerk
• Update from Chairperson on Long Range Financial Planning Committee
• Update of department activities from Assessor, John Curran
• Other business that may properly become before the Board
• Executive Session

  Executive Session Script

  The Board of Assessors will be going into Executive Session to review FY2023 abatement applications and discuss potential settlement of ATB case with Green Company. 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 the discussion were in open session. 

  The Board will not return to open session.

  • Review & Approve executive session minutes from March 28,2023 & April 10, 2023.
  • Discuss current Appellate Tax Board (ATB) cases: AGNL Exercise LLC
  • Review and vote on FY23 abatement applications

NOTE: Per changes to Open Meeting Law, effective July 1, 2010, notice of any meeting of public body shall include “A listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting”. Topics must give enough specificity so that the public understands what will be discussed, but not necessarily all items that may come up. Please list those topics above.