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Am I running this cuz I'm the senior?
>> I Yeah, I would say so.

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» So called to order of the BAA
at the 7:00 p.m. on

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September 9th, 2026.

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Roll call.
We have Thomas Carrier a member.

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And we have
Phil Stone, of course.

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And Keith Peck.
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which is a quorum.
>> Yes.

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» And
uh to my knowledge, no additions or

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changes to the agenda other than moving
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the uh election of officers.
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» So
>> Motion to do that if you like.

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» Is there a motion to move up the
election of officers?

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Agenda item.
>> I make a motion to move up the election

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of officers.
>> We have a second.

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» Second.
>> We have a motion and second. We're going

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to move up the uh election of officers.

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Board chair.
Help me with language.

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» You simply just have Someone has to make
a motion to nominate someone.

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» I'll make a motion to nominate Phil
Stone.

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» I second that.

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» Do we have one to pick another now?
>> We will accept the nomination.

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» Yes.

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» We're all done.
>> We love to like kiss.

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» All in favor of electing Phil Stone.
>> I.

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» I.

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Thank you. Thank you, for this.
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carried.
>> All right. So, this might be your

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applicant I'm assuming online.
>> Hello, do we have an applicant online?

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» I see a hand.
>> We don't hear you. Maybe unmute if

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that's an option.
>> I see a unmute button there.

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» Okay. Good afternoon. Good evening. Can
you hear me?

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» Yes, we can hear you.
>> Hi, my name is that March says I'm

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sorry. I tried to join the Zoom meeting
online, but it says the meeting does not

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exist. So, I'm using my phone instead.
>> Okay, well, you've been successful.

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» Well, that's a good thing. So,
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Do you have a question for me?
Um where I live, why did I appeal? I

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don't know. What you'd like to know?
>> Uh before we

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get you to get to you on the agenda,
the next agenda is approval of minutes.

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» Oh, okay. I understand how that works.
So, I'll be quiet until then.

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» Yeah, we'll we'll get back to you.
>> We have none to approve cuz we do not

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have enough members present here that
was at that meeting. So,

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» So, we will pass over the approval of
minutes and get to the appeal hearing.

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We have a
motor vehicle appeal from you that's

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Martis.
Hopefully, I'm not damaging

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name too much.
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» it's all right.
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And we've got your
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disregards a 2014 Ford
Edge Select. Is that what that SEL is?

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» Yes, SEL stands for Select. Yes.
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and if you could state your name and
address for us, just to

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» Of course. My name is Yvette
Martens. I reside at 16 Wildwood Drive,

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Columbia, Connecticut, 06237.

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» Okay. Thank you.
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perhaps give us just your We have your
application, obviously, but of your

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appeal, but if you just give us your uh
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brief on it.
>> Certainly. Um

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so
we initially looked at the value of our

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egg
uh as a trade-in. Um and that is how I

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got to the point of understanding the
Kelley Blue Book. Um

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and
when I went on to evaluate the value,

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they do ask for any damages that are
cosmetic. Um we have a door that the

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passenger
the passenger No. The um

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driver's side door, which is banged.
Um we have a side view mirror that

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someone tried to knock off.
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um
there are some electrical issues that

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the
as a driver of the car, you know, you

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learn the idiosyncrasies of your
vehicle, so you bang or you move or you

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do something to
get things to move. So, I felt that the

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value that was placed by the county
uh or by the town on my car

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was not was not uh
cognizant of

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these other issues of the car, and
therefore,

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um
the value

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that I put into my form reflects
those cosmetic and electrical issues,

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and therefore lowered the value of the
car.

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And I was using the Kelley Blue Book as
my resource.

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» Okay, thank you for that.
>> Thank you.

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Mhm.
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so I'm I'm going to read something you
know, you probably are knowledgeable

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about this, but we have we're very
limited in terms of what we can do in

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terms of evaluation.
Uh cuz we're this is

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governed by statute.
So I'm going to kind of read what that

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involves. So all municipalities must use
the same method which is prescribed in

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statutes to determine the value of a
personal motor vehicle for property tax

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purposes.
Previously the law required the Office

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of Policy and Management
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» to select the method.
Beginning with uh the 2024 assessment

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year, vehicles are instead generally
valued using their manufacturer's

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suggested real retail price reduced
according to the age of the vehicle.

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By law, motor vehicles are assessed at
example taxed on 70% of this value.

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Municipalities and special taxing
districts set their own tax rates, but

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cannot set them higher than a statutory
cap currently at 32.46 mills.

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The law specifies that taxpayers may
appeal the MSRP used to value their

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vehicles.
So so really we are governed by these

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statutes, so we can't take into account
you know, damage or you know,

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uh mechanical problems. We basically
uh can only go by the statutes which is

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based on MSRP. So the really your only
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way for us to consider changing this is
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it was incorrect. And we uh if you could
read what we have there.

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» Now, the MSRP
that we're showing from the motor

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vehicle is 33,250.

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Uh the um assessment value on that is
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So,
we cannot move any of those figures at

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all with that
because those are set by the state of

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Connecticut.
So, we cannot adjust

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» So,
I'm I wasn't aware of that. So, what is

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the purpose of the appeals process?
If because it sounds like I have no

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recourse.
>> You do have a recourse.

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» Well, if the MSRP was incorrect, if we
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So, that really is the only
uh you know, argument, if you will,

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whether this MSRP was correct.

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» So, I got to have a jalopy and if the
MSRP says it's a particular value,

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that's all that the state recognizes and
so as a resident of the state, I have no

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other recourse. That's pretty much what
I'm understanding. Am I correct?

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» Yes, unless the MSRP was incorrect and
we're valued valuing it off the wrong

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MSRP.
But that doesn't seem to be the case

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here as as as far as we can tell.

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» No, I'm not arguing that. I'm arguing
the value of the car.

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» [laughter]
>> Yeah, again,

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» And that's what I thought.
>> you know, we're very limited with what,

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you know, how we can alter that. You
know, we just you know, as you say, what

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is the value of the appeal process? You
know, if for some reason the MSRP were

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incorrect, if we were valued off the
wrong MSRP, you could bring that to our

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attention and we could fix that.
But beyond that, we

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we are not
uh don't have the wherewithal to be able

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to
>> No, I get it.

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» Yeah.
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that. And
I guess that concludes our discussion

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cuz there's not much more to be done.
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on and at least giving us your your
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» Well, I just there must be some value in
that, right?

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» [laughter]
>> All right. Well, thank you so much. You

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have a nice evening. Thank you very
much.

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» Thank you, Nina.
>> Thank you. You as well, Eva.

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Goodnight. Bye-bye.
>> Goodnight.

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» Thank you.
>> Uh concluding the appeal hearing.

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Uh set possible special September
meeting date for appeal decisions if

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needed. Do we have a suggested date?
>> Uh the the calendar Oh, actually you

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don't need a special meeting. Nothing to
carry on with.

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» Uh discuss and act upon 2027 BAA meeting
schedule.

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» Yes, this is it.
>> So, we have those

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» dates
are finalized.

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» As put into record, we have 2027 meeting
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Do I need to list these words?
>> No, I want to say the dates were

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approved by all three of you all.
You just have to motion to approve.

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» I'll make a motion to approve.
>> Two, one in March and one in September.

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» If somebody has an appeal.
>> That's it.

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» Yeah.
>> That's it.

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» It's it's light lifting.
>> Okay.

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» Um
Uh is there a motion to

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accept these meeting dates?
>> I'll make a motion.

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» Yes.
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» I'll make a motion to accept the dates.
>> Motion made, motion seconded. All in

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favor, I.
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» I.
Opposed?

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None.

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» And I would just say for the record on
the appeals you might just want to state

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for the record that it has been denied
officially.

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» Okay.
Uh the

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appeal that came from
Yvette Marches

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has been denied based on no
changes to the MSRP.

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» And there's just the adjournment and
then you know

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» Uh
So we did uh motion to adjourn.

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» Done.

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» Motion made, motion seconded. All in
favor?

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» I.
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» So we don't need a dental mark.
>> Correct.

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» That's not correct.