 All righty. All right. Good morning. Good morning. I call this meeting to order pursuant to chapter 20, the acts of 2021. This meeting will be conducted by remote means. Members of the public who wish the access. The meeting may do so via the Amherst. The Amherst town website that's at www.amherstma.gov. Or via the Amherst or you may also watch. Later on on the Amherst town YouTube channel. No in person attendance of members of the public will be permitted. But effort, every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately process access to proceedings in real time via technological means. And as I mentioned, soon after this meeting, the meeting will be accessible on the Amherst. Amherst town YouTube channel. I call this meeting to order. Okay. And I want to say that the meeting is being recorded. So if anyone else is recording this meeting at this time, please tell me now. Okay. I can see that there are the four of us. And I don't see any other participants. Okay. All right. So with that being said, then we will move on and I will share my screen. Let's see. Okay. So here's our agenda for today, but I think you guys have copies of that. So I'm going to scoot over to our meeting minutes. We do have the meeting minutes from June 16th, which is where Richard was not present, but Ken was. Do we want to approve these or would you feel more comfortable tabling them until Ken is able to join us? I think we probably should table that. My own view is that we should table them until Ken is with us. That's fine. All right. So we'll skip over those. We'll table those till our next meeting, hopefully. And then we have the minutes from July 28th, which was our last meeting, which the four of us were present. Have you had a chance to look those over? Yeah. I moved to approve the minutes of July 28th, 2022. Second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Okay. All right. Then we will move on to our excise abatements. So as you see here, we have one for calendar year 2021 in the amount of $99 and 95 cents. Excuse me. And then we have 13 for the calendar year 2022. In the amount of $683 and 19 cents. So both years totaling $783 and 14 cents. I moved to approve those abatements. Second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Okay. Moving along. We have here the warrant to the, the collector's office for commitment number four from the register of motor vehicles for excise tax in the amount of 76,888 dollars and 88 cents. So the second page here, you will see is the commitment to the accounting office again with that amount of 76,888 dollars and 88 cents. And the last page here you will see is the commitment actually entered into munis. So you'll see there was a total of 438 taxable excise bills that were sent to us and three that were exempt. So again, you'll see that total of 76,888 dollars and 88 cents. Okay, I moved to approve that commitment. Second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. All right. That was all the hard work we had for today. So I'm going to stop sharing my screen. And so what I have next for you is the assessor's update. So what we have been working on is working with Bishop associates on the sales analysis for the end of the year. We've pretty much completed that. We have a couple of things left to do, but that's pretty much done. We have completed the inspections for our building permits. So this is any building permits that were pulled throughout the year. So we have a list of them on the record cards. And we go out and take a look to see if they're done, if they're not done, what percent they're complete. If maybe they just decided not to do them. We just close out the permit on our end. This is different from the building department. So we have completed all those inspections with the exception of one. Teresa and I are going out today to do a measurement of a deck. And then I'm just. I'm just going to take a look at the data. I'm just going to take a look at the entry into the, into vision of those permits. So really what we're working on now is preparing to input. The, the. Our data into gateway for our finalizing of our tax bills. I'm sure we'll be touching base with Lauren at some point very soon from the DOR to see where we're at with all of our data. And then of course we have our daily stuff, our excise, our, you know, deeds, things like that. Phone calls, all that stuff. But that's really the most important things that we're working on right now. Okay. And do you, are you feeling adequately staffed or. Can you keep your head above water or. We can keep our heads above water. We are struggling a little bit because we are slightly short staffed because we, you know, we can make do with what we've got. The collector's office is struggling a little more than we are because of vacations and things like that. But. But we can keep our head above water. So. Okay. Yeah. So we're doing all right for now. And that's, I think that's really. The gist of what we have for today. I know this is extremely short. But I think that's a good point. Do you have, do you guys have any questions for us about anything that we're doing or anything that we've talked about in the past or. I take it that, um, that the, um, The presentation that you had prepared is fallen off the back burner. So to speak for the council. At the moment. Yes. I think if they, if they decide that they want to. Have that presentation for the residential exemption. We would have to at this point, um, We would have to wait until we get our approval from the state for our fiscal 23 values so that we can give them more accurate information, but the presentation is put together as you guys all saw. So at least it's just a matter of updating the numbers. What is the date? I'm sorry, Leigh. I just want to ask. Are you taking the initiative to remind them. About the presentation or are you just waiting for them to. Just waiting for them at this point. We have, um, we've asked a couple of times and just, you know, they were really busy. And so at this point, we're just waiting for the council to, um, come back to us to see, I mean, it may be something that they're not interested anymore. And that's why it's sort of dropped off. Um, the president is aware, the president of the council is aware that you have prepared something. Correct. Yes. I believe she may have seen it. Um, it was sent off to a while back. It was sent off to Paul to review and it may have been, um, sent to, uh, the president of the council as well. Do we have a date for your annual presentation? Um, we don't have a specific date yet. I think it'll be very early in, um, or I should say, I shouldn't say very early, but it should be early October. I believe. Yes. Yeah. Um, maybe the end of October. Depending on what council is, is doing what other people have, um, to input into gateway, but, uh, for us, we'll, we'll definitely be done early October. Okay. And then, so there's a mandated vote, isn't it? Right. That's correct. On both the split rate. And the residential exemption, right? Correct. Every year. Every year. And then, um, they, you know, the council does have to vote on the tax rate and all that, but, uh, basically they're just saying, yep, we agree with the DOR because they can't really, there's not much they can change with, with what the DOR has provided. Um, and then our data, our sales analysis, our LA for all that sort of thing. Um, you know, they, they, they look at it. They see it. They, but there's, I mean, they're, they're not the only ones. So there's not much that they can do to change that. The state has approved that. They're just saying, okay, yes, we agree with the state. We agree with the assessor. Right. Okay. So. In terms of timing, when, when will you be submitting the state? Um, so I will be in touch with Roy. Um, I saw that he was actually trying to call while we were meeting. So I will be in touch with him this afternoon. Once I finish the, um, data entry for all the permits and, uh, the inspections that we've done. Um, then he and I will finish up the sales analysis. Um, And move on to. Other parts of, of the, um, the process. So, um, I'm not a hundred percent sure at all. But I will definitely have a better answer for you at our next meeting. Okay. All right. I'm set. So I think all we have to do before we go into executive session is to schedule a meeting. That's right. And also I just, before we go into executive session, we just want to let the public know what we're doing. Um, okay. So. Um, I'm not a hundred percent sure as of yet, but, uh, Um, okay. So. Looking at September. At the moment. The assessor's office has the eighth through the 29th available. So those are all Thursdays. So the eight, the 15th, the 22nd, and the 29th. Okay. The 15th. I'm on the Cape. Okay. And I'm going on the 29th. Okay. Do we want to look at the eighth or the 22nd for now and see what Ken's schedule looks like? Um, I think we should, um, go with the 22nd. Okay. And, and then, cause we know we have to, we know we have two for that. Okay. All right. And hope can, can make it. Yes. Oops. September 22nd. And the nine 30 works for everybody. Absolutely. Okay. Better than the 11th that we were doing. Yeah, I think it's nice because, um, I think it's nice to be able to, to do that. So as long as everybody agrees, then our next scheduled meeting will be September 22nd at nine 30 a.m. Um, and for us, uh, we will keep you posted on the hybrid status. I expect that we'll be able to do that. Okay. If anybody from the public wants to join its first thing in the morning. So if they do have to take time out of work, it's, it's right away and then it's done. But also it gives us the ability to. If we need a little bit of extra time, we're not rushing because it's lunchtime and everybody has to take time out of work. So if anybody wants to join its first thing in the morning, we'll be able to do that. So as long as we're posted on the hybrid status, I expect to be able to have a few of us in person. Um, and somebody remote with the public. If anybody joins. Okay. So going into executive session. We'll be discussing a few personal exemptions. Um, And then we intend to close the meeting. At the close of the, uh, The public section. Okay. So we have disclosed to the public. What is the nature of the business that we're addressing in executive session? Yes. I move that we. I move that we now go into the executive session with the intention not to return to a public meeting. Second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Okay. Okay. I will stop recording. Thank you very much.