The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-11
Protests
 Deadlock
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 A resolution relative to teEnpor- ary suspension of the functioning of the city's budget, tax rate and Grand List has been forwarded to Acting Mayor Shea by William o. Taylor, temporary chairman of the Council of Community Clubs and president of the East End Com munity Club. MT Shea said today he had not yet received the resolution by mail.
 Await Shea's Reply
 Mir. Taylor said that he would make no further comment on the situation until MT. Shea had replied to the resolution. He added that meeting of the Council will be call- ed once @ reply is received to fore mulate future plans.
 Some Republican Aldermen said today that Mir. Bensen was not speaking for them when he was quoted in e morning newspaper saying that the minority would present a resolution to void the revaluation."
 T think it would be harmful to the community to suspend this program, even though I do believe there are inequalities present, "one COP Alderman said.
 Edward M. Ryan of the Citizens Committee said today that he had presented a similar resolution to the minority leader at the public meeting held by the board last Monday night and it was not pre- sented to the board. Meeting Set Monday
 The Citizens Committee has an- nounced that a public protest meet ing of Waterbury taxpayers will be held at p. m. Monday in the Wilby High School auditorium.
 Spokesmen for the committee said that the time for oratory has passed. Now the time has come for some action. The Citizens Commit tee proposes to give our taxpayers the action they want"
 The Citizens Committee attempt ed to have a resolution introduced at the last meeting of the board which would have postponed the new tax assessments for @ period of not longer than one year and would provide that the Board of Aldermen appoint a special con- mittee of that body which would conduct a complete and accurate investigation into the entire re- valuation of Waterbury properties. the Board of Aldermen would have the power under the resolution to appoint local appraisers who would recheck the assessments of the Horan Company to ascertain their accuracy and fairness. The com- mittee would report back to the Board of Aldermen when its find- ings were complete and with this information the assessor.
 Assessor Aldro Jenks today reiter- ated what have previously been made public; that he could not re- adjust the Horan Company valua- tion estimates unless the individual protestants appeared before him and the Board of Tax Review.
 Impossible on Mass Scale
 '"To attempt adjustments on mass scale is impossible" he said, when questioned. Each. piece of property is an entirety in itself. We cannot make a blanket adjustment for numerous pieces in a certain area, so to speak"
 a few property owners who received increases failed to receive notices the assessor said he supposed it was, that human, clerical errors can be made.
 If such is the case there will be given opportunity to these individu- als to appeal, if necessary" he said.
 About 900 notices of increase have been returned to the assessors office unclaimed, MT. Jenks said today. In the majority of instances the property owners cannot be located by any means. It has not yet been determined how these will be hand led although subsequently, that will be the job of the Tax Collectors office on the matter of collecting the individual taxes.
 Fewer Appellants Appear
 Appellants appeared in still fewer numbers at the Assessors Offlce to- day. The numbers have decreased progressively since the opening day last Monday.
 Both MT. Jenks and Mir. Horan will be participants in question and answer forum tonight on VERY from ' p. m. to 7:30 D. m.
 MT. Shea was informed by the corporation counsel that he (Shea) as acting Mayor does have the power to call the special meeting, but cannot set aside the assess ment. This is provided for in Sec ton 34 of the City Charter.
 Text Announced
 The text of Mir. Taylor's com- munication to the acting mayor is as follows:
 "At a meeting of duly-credited delegates of the several community clubs of Waterbury held at the AL dermanic Chamber Jan. g, 1946, a motion was unanimously passed as follows:
 That the president of Board of Aldermen cause to be called a spe- cial meeting of the board to recon slider and set aside the present bud- get and tax rate adopted by the board in December. 1945, and to authorize a new public hearing on the establishment and setting of a new tax rate based upon inforlna- ton now available relative to the subject matter.
 "As chairman of, this meeting and in behalf of thousands. of bewildered taxpayers, I request that speedy action be taken and that this spe- cial meeting be called on or before UY.A