City Council discusses abatement applications June 03, 2021BERLIN — On May 17, the Berlin City Council held a work session where the first topic of discussion was in regard to property value abatements. City Manager James Wheeler discussed the property abatement recommendations received from Monica Hurley, Assessing Agent from Corcoran Consulting Associates, who was present via Zoom to answer any questions. Hurley said, "Taxpayers must reference one out of the following three criteria's in order to merit an abatement application. The three criteria are data, comparable market sales and level of assessment. If the citizen's concerns are interior, they will schedule an interior inspection."