Dave Davison, staff member, reported that the Town of Needham Board of Assessors approved three tax abatement applications, denied four, and postponed three for additional information following executive session.

The approvals included an abatement on personal property tax for 40 Sovereign Street and abatements listed by Davison as 4503 Grapevine Avenue (transcript wording included an alternative of “74 Hendrickson Street”) and 457 Brookline Street. Davison also reported the board approved one administrative correction, which he identified as related to 234 Kendrick Street.

Davison said the applications denied for insufficient documentation were listed as 91 Highgate, 49 Watchesett, 804 Mottree Road and 253 Bridal Trail Road. Davison subsequently corrected one line of his earlier summary, saying that 16 Laurel Drive had been placed on hold rather than denied.

The three properties the board put on hold for additional information were 200 South Street, 16 Laurel Drive, and 762 Webster Street, Davison said. The transcript record contains unclear wording for one approved address (the phrase “4503 Grapevine Avenue or 74 Hendrickson Street” appears in Davison’s report); that ambiguity is reflected here rather than corrected because no alternate authoritative spelling or parcel identifier was provided in the meeting record.

Meeting business concluded with a note that the board typically reorganizes every April and that the next meeting was scheduled for the following Thursday, the 17th, when taxpayer appointments are on the calendar. The meeting adjourned after a motion to close.