Wayland assessors defer abatement rulings to April 10 meeting

WAYLAND — March 20, 2023 — Wayland Board of Assessors defers six pending abatements to April 10. Chair Zachariah L. Ventress, Vice-Chair Philip David Parks and member Steven Klitgord met remotely March 20 for a nine-minute open session before entering executive session on fiscal 2023 real estate and personal property abatements. Two residential cases — one involving a multi-apartment building now under outside consulting review, another tied to an active Appellate Tax Board matter — and four commercial abatements being worked by town vendor Vision remain unresolved. Staff said the two-week gap before the next meeting is needed to "tie up all real estate abatements" and clear items for the Treasurer/Tax Collector. The office also reported nine candidates lined up for administrative assistant interviews this week and rolled out revisions to the excise abatement, change-of-address and certified abutters forms.