I. Council Action Requested.
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To find that the applicant met/did not meet the requirements for abatement of taxes pursuant to 36 M.R.S.A. §841 and to approve/deny application 16-A.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. 36 M.R.S.A. §841 (2) (E) provides that all hearings and proceedings (relevant to a Section 841 (2) abatement application) “shall be in executive session,”
b. 1 M.R.S.A. § 405 (2) states that “no ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions, regulations contracts, appointments or other official actions shall be finally approved at executive sessions,"
c. 36 M.R.S.A.§ 841 (2) states that “municipal officers ….may make such abatements as they believe reasonable on the real and personal taxes…,” and
d. pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter “[t]he Town Council, hereinafter called the ‘Council’, shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town.
III. Issue Summary.