Wayland Assessors elect Ventress chair, Klitgord vice chair, McNeilly secretary

Board of Assessors · Meeting of August 10, 2026

Wayland Assessors reorganize and open FY27 exemption cycle in ten-minute August session. The three-member Board of Assessors voted 3-0 Monday to install Zachariah Ventress as chair, Steven Klitgord as vice chair, and Douglass McNeilly as secretary, resolving a slate that had been tabled in July when McNeilly was absent. The board also approved the July 20 open-session minutes and, after member Yiji Brennan flagged that her name was misspelled, approved amended minutes from the June 15 joint session with the Select Board.

The assessing office director reported a continuing "hard push out in the field, collecting growth," and said fiscal year 2027 exemption applications have been posted online and mailed to prior participants. The board then voted 3-0 to enter executive session to take up eight Appellate Tax Board dockets — seven FY2026 filings from NP Wayland LLC, BOS Retail 1 LLC and Comref Oxbow LLC involving Boston Post Road and Andrew Avenue properties, and one FY2027 personal-property case from Level 3 Communications LLC — and did not return to open session. Next meeting: September 14.

In the full story:

• Meeting posture and attendance
• Approval of minutes: July 20 open session
• Approval of minutes: June 15 joint session with the Select Board
• Board reorganization
• Director's update: field growth and FY27 exemptions
• Unanticipated topics and member concerns
• Next meeting and adjournment to executive session
• The FY2027 docket is
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,552 words

Source: the Board of Assessors meeting of August 10, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.