Board of Aldermen 08-13-2019 Page 25
O-19-052
Endorsers: Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman Tom Lopez
AMENDING NRO 93-6 IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS, CATS, FERRETS AND CHICKENS
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President Wilshire
O-19-053
Endorser: Mayor Jim Donchess
Alderman-at-Large Michael B. O’Brien, Sr.
AUTHORIZING SIGNATURES FOR CONTRACTS LESS THAN $1,000
Given its first reading; assigned to the PERSONNEL/ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE by
President Wilshire
PERIOD FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Laurie Ortolano 41 Berkeley Street. There were some things Ms. Kleiner said that were disappointing to
hear. For me as a taxpayer, the quality of the Assessing staff is an issue and | don’t understand why we
haven't been able to conclude an investigation with an Assessor who did not do his job for the month of
April, did not go out and inspect properties, is a confessed sex addict, has a number of issues and we
accept that. And that’s a problem for me.
President Wilshire
The problem here is | don’t think we need to be saying that about people in the City.
Ms. Ortolano |’m only saying what he said. Ok?
President Wilshire
It is not acceptable in our Chamber, thank you.
Ms. Ortolano Ok fine, that’s fine for you but you’re sitting up there and | am the taxpayer and this is the
person you have working in the office. And | notice that he came out tonight to sit with the crew. | notice
Ms. Walley isn’t here. She wasn’t invited. I’d like to know why somebody so valued isn’t here? I'd like to
understand that. But that’s a disappointment. I’d like to share something with you that | shared up at the
BTLA and as you know | had a big concern with permit data and also EYB. Let’s talk about EYB, Effective
Year Build. This was a big issue from the very first day you came out in September and talked about the
KRT meetings that were being set up. | think it was Mary Ann who talked about her District, having
concerns with EYB, The Mayor spoke about it. | started focusing on Effective Year Build as a concern
and | couldn’t get anyone in the Assessing Office to validate it. They wouldn’t speak with me, they wouldn’t
meet with me, they wouldn’t talk to us, they rejected any attempt we had for a meeting even though we met
with neighbors and we couldn’t get any confirmation.
Over the last couple of months investigating and digging deep and looking into records, | found a set of
notes that was a meeting with KRT on 10/11/18. It was about five days after | had a phone call with Rob
Tozier about my property and EYB and | was trying to figure out why they never came back and did an
inspection. We went to the Hearing on September 6" and no one showed up. On August 5"" | called KRT
in Haverhill and | said, “Why didn’t you come” and that’s when | learned that they were told by John
Duhamel we wouldn't let them in which was not true. But after that, he went and had a meeting with the
Board of Assessors where only one Board Member was there and Ms. Walley was asked to take notes. At
that meeting it said, in the record, KRT discovered that the Effective Year Build was being used to increase
depreciation. This is an ineffective measure for anything that has maintenance issues or anything that is
