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Assessment Appeals Produce Major Valuation Reductions

EnfieldApr 16, 20261 min read

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The Board unanimously granted multiple assessment appeals, including reducing assessments for 101 Phoenix Avenue from $820,400 to $240,400 and 103 Phoenix Avenue from $680,900 to $230,900. Several personal-property assessments were also reduced after owners provided evidence about closed businesses, disposed equipment, filing issues, or incorrect property conditions.

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Board of Assessment Appeals

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The Board reviewed individual challenges to property assessments, which are the values used to calculate property taxes. Approved appeals lowered some residential, commercial, and personal-property assessments, while other appeals were denied when the evidence was insufficient or the owner did not appear. The minutes do not provide complete figures or a clear outcome for the Roffis Farms appeal.

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Approved Vasilios Karabinis's appeal, reducing the personal-property assessment from $43,740 to $0.
Denied three appeals involving Scott DeLorge; the assessments remained unchanged at $3,660, $13,750, and $371,500.
Approved Frances Berry's appeal, reducing the personal-property assessment from $1,190 to $0 for terminated business property.
Approved Zachary Puffer's appeal, reducing the personal-property assessment from $1,680 to $670.
Approved Laura and Keith Peterson's appeal, reducing the assessment for 22 Bright Street from $194,700 to $170,200.
Approved Margaret Harper's appeal and directed the Assessor to recalculate the property card without the finished basement, reducing the assessment from $108,100 to $103,700.
Approved Donna Doyker's appeal, reducing the personal-property assessment from $18,380 to $5,250.
Approved Gaetano Marino's appeal, reducing the personal-property assessment from $156,890 to $136,890.
Denied appeals from ARC Best II Inc., ABC Freight System Inc., Chariton Navarro and Melissa Weiner, and Timothy Herbst's represented property because the evidence was insufficient or the appellants did not appear.
Approved Bob Artoli's appeals for 101 Phoenix Avenue and 103 Phoenix Avenue, reducing assessments by $580,000 and $400,000, respectively.
The Roffis Farms appeal is recorded as granted/denied, but the minutes do not identify the outcome or assessment figures.

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