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City Council discusses abatement applications
June 03, 2021BERLIN On May 17, the Berlin City Council held a work session where the first topic of discussion was in regard to property value abatements.
City Manager James Wheeler discussed the property abatement recommendations received from Monica Hurley, Assessing Agent from Corcoran Consulting Associates, who was present via Zoom to answer any questions.
Hurley said, Taxpayers must reference one out of the following three criteria s in order to merit an abatement application. The three criteria are data, comparable market sales and level of assessment. If the citizen s concerns are interior, they will schedule an interior inspection.
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City Manager James Wheeler estimated the average residential customer would pay about $10 more per year.
Wheeler had recommended a rate of $9.07 for an increase of 4.7 percent from the current rate of $8.66. To achieve that rate, he recommended using $1.15 million from the sewer user fund balance, leaving $3.8 million in that account. Wheeler said the average sewer bill is still below the state average. He said small increases avoid draining the fund balance, allowing the city to be able to keep the rate down.
The council split on the sewer rate.
Councilor Russell Otis argued for following Wheelerâs recommendation, pointing out it would cost the average residential customer about $20 for the year.
City Council does away with term limits
April 28, 2021BERLIN On Monday, April 19, the Berlin City Council announced disbursements from April 6 through April 19. The total cash amount was $988,803.87. The Council voted all in favor to pay bills as recommended.
A Resolution was tabled in regard to 2021-13R Night Vision. A Public Hearing on this will take place on May 3, 2021.
City Manager James Wheeler gave his report. He discussed communication from Kevin LaChapelle of Industrial Protection Systems, IPS.
Wheeler explained, IPS is the vendor who provided the new self contained breathing apparatus to our fire department. It is nice of Mr. LaChapelle to take the time to note his very positive experience at the Berlin Fire Department.