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MINUTES Of a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Cayuga Heights held at the Schoolhouse at 6:00 P.M. on
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November 17, 1942.
1. On this date the.Board of Trustees sat for four hours
from 6 P.M. to 10,P.M.'as a Board ;of Aseessore.to hear grievances.,.
and complainte with regard to.'the 'assessment roll as prepared by '.
them for the year.1943, and :as "filed with.the Village Clerk on
October 26, 1942.
2. Complaints wereireceived. from the followings
1) Prof'.'J.. N.`Goodier regarding_.the assessment on the
property at 109 Cayuga Heights Road
Bounded .N- Boyle & Myers '
E- .Wyckoff Road
S- Knott,-Coffin & Ellie .;
W- Cayuga Heights Road
The claimant appeared in person 16o object to the
assessment of $15,000, stating that he bought the property for.
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considerably less than the assessed valuation. -
ACTION: IT WAS VOTED to reduce the assessment •on'the. house
from $11,500 to #10,000, making the.•total assessment #13,500.
2) C. N. Silcox regarding the assessment on the•property
at 312 Cayuga Heights Road
Bounded N- Devon Road
E- Cayuga Heights Road'
S- Patch
W- Young
The claimant stated his reasons by letter.for objecting.
to the assessment of $39500 on his land.: He. requested a decrease
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in the assessment.because of the fact_that'he "had sold::a--`,portion
of his lot to John P. Young for $1,500`. '
ACTION: No,action: was taken;. due .to'the,fact.that.:the piece;..
of land was on the back.of:the lot andshad little effect on the `
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actual value of the land remaining, and further because'it was felt
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that Mr. Silcox had bought this, property at a;bargain.price and
it was'well worth the present assessment -of $3,560.
3) Due to'the fact that gohn.P. Young had bought part
of the Silcox lot at a price of 41,500,,,IT.WAS VOTED-,that.. the
assessment on his property, at .205 Devon Road bounded N -Devon ..Road, .
E- Silcox & Devon Road, S- Patch ,.W Village line be .changed to
increase the land assessment from 7,000.to.$7,500 making the total.
assessment 055,500. It was felt . that;the -land purchased added'no
more than 1500 value to.. the Young 'lot.
4) Mrs.--Ruth Bradley regarding the assessment on the
property at 604'High1'nd.Road
Bounded N- Blood Estate
E- 'Highland Road
S- Blood Estate
W- Robinson
The claimant was represented by her husband, Prof.
J. C. Bradley, who I appeared in person.to object to the assessment
of $19,000. Mrs. Bradley had.written a letter to the Board in
which she said the cost of the house was #19,900 and the cost of
the lot 1,600.,
ACTION: IT WAS VOTED to reduce the assessment on the.lot from
41,650 to $1,600 and to reduce the assessment on the.house from
$17,350 to $16,900 making a total assessment of',$18,500,
3. IT WAS VOTED, RESOLVED:
WHEREAS: The Village Board of Cayuga Heights, acting as assessors
of the said Village according to a- resolution previously adopted,`
have prepared an assessment roll for 1943 and filed it .in duplicate
with the Clerk of the Village prior to November.-lst, 1942 and"
WHEREAS: The Clerk caused a notice to.be published in'the".,official,
newspaper of the Village and.•posted in five conspicuous;places . in.
the Village before November 8, 1942•a notice ttiat file >1943.:. .'
assessment roll was filed at his residence, 102 Northway,Road,
Cayuga Heights, New York, where.it might be seen until November 17,`
1942 and
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WHEREAS: On the said 17th day of November a Grievance Day was held
and the, said Board met from, 6:00 P.M. until 10 :00 P.Tj. on the same
day, three persons appearing and changes made as disclosed in.the
minutes of the said Board, now therefore be'it
RESOLVED that -the'said assessment roll as now prepared and'..
verified with the assessor's oath be now comnleted;•verified, and
ordered filed with the Clerk, in the total amount.of X3,059,886.
4. The meeting was adjourned.at 10 P.M.