Notes from the Board of Assessors, November 15, Hybrid meeting

Present:

• Gary Pitney, Chair
• Michael Blay, Town Assessor
• Doug Goudey
• Tom Stokes via Zoom
• Tammy Touponce, Secretary

1. Fiscal 2022 tax bills have been mailed
2. Payment due December 15, 2021
3. Applications for statutory exemptions are due in April because total first installment must be paid. However, Blay also said "call in to see if eligible for half of first half"
4. This is also the time to apply to have your assessment reviewed. Again, however, all of the first installment is due.
5. Blay suggested some taxpayers might want to drop payments off at Town Offices as mail delivery may be slow at this time of year.
6. This is a very busy time in the Assessor's Office: new Record Cards are due (last done 5 years ago), Commitment Book completion has to be done as well as ASCII.

Meeting adjourned

Editor's notes: SU invited Town Assessor Blay to write a short article about taxes and tax assessments. We hope he does. In the past, we found his explanations clear and concise. In lieu of his article, following are brief definitions: ASCII is American Standard Code for Information Interchange; a Record Card is a Property Record Card (often accompanied by a map) which is one sided and gives details that describe and value the property; the Commitment Book is the permanent record of parcels in the community subject to property tax. It includes the assessment, tax bill, and amount collected.

Photo: Jay Rhind