Board of Review July 29th, 2021 from 5pm to 7pm CST

Written by

STATE OF WISCONSIN

 Town of Excelsior

 Sauk County

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin, shall hold its meeting on July 29th, 2021 at 5pm to 7pm., at 100 E. Broadway St., Rock Springs, WI  53961. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board: 1.   *No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view of such property being assessed. 2.   After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board about the person’s objection, except at a session of the board.  Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review. 3.   The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting. 4.   Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.

5.   When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate. 6.   No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless no later than 7 days before the first meeting of the board of review the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s. 73.03 (2a), Wis. stats., that the assessor requests. The Town of Excelsior has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines before the first meeting of the board of review that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1), Wis. Stats. 7.   The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board, in its discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement.   8.   No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take. Notice is hereby given this 7th day of July, 2021.

 

Sandra Meyer Swanson, Clerk

Town of Excelsior

Town of Excelsior Board of Review

Wednesday, July 29th, 2021

5pm to 7pm

100 E. Broadway St., Rock Springs, WI  53961

MEETING AGENDA

1.       Call Board of Review to order

2.       Roll Call

3.       Confirmation of appropriate Board of Review and Open Meeting notices

4.       Select a Chairperson for Board of Review

5.       Select vice Chairperson for Board of Review

6.       Verify that members have met the mandatory training requirements

7.       Verify that the Town has an ordinance for the confidentiality of income and expense information provided to the assessor under state law (sec.70.47(7)(af).

8.       Review of new laws

9.       Filing and Summary of Annual Assessment Report by Assessor’s Office

10.   Receipt of the Assessment Roll by Clerk from the Assessor

11.   Receive the Assessment Roll and sworn statements from the Clerk

12.   Review the Assessment Roll and Perform Statutory duties:

a.       Examine the roll,

b.       Correct description or calculation errors,

c.       Add omitted property, and

d.       Eliminate double assessed property

13.   Discussion/Action – Certify all corrections of error under state law (WI Stats 70.43)

14.   Discussion/Action-Verify with the assessor that open book changes are included in the assessment roll

15.   Allow taxpayers to examine assessment data

16.   During the first two hours, consideration of

17.   Review Notices of Intent to File Objection

18.   Proceed to hear objections, if any and if proper notice/waives given unless schedule for another date

19.   Consider/act on scheduling additional Board of Review date(s)

20.   Adjourn

Sandra Meyer Swanson, Clerk, July 7, 2021

ALSO, UPON REASONABLE NOTICE, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH APROPRIATE AIDS AND SERVICES.  IF A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY REQUIRES THAT THE MEETING BE ACCESSIBLE OR THAT MATERIALS AT THE MEETING BE IN AN ACCESSIBLE FORMAT, CALL THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO REQUEST ADEQUATE ACCOMODATIONS.  TELEPHONE 608-522-5115

Open Book 2021 Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 from 5pm to 7pm CST

Written by

Assessment Roll is open for Examination and Open Book

 STATE OF WISCONSIN

 

Town of Excelsior, Sauk County.

Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 70.45, the assessment roll for the year 2021 assessment will be open for examination on the 22nd day of July 2021, at 100 E. Broadway St., from 5pm until 7pm.

Additionally, the assessor will be attending Board of Review on the 29th day of July, 2021 at the Town Hall from 5pm to 7pm.

 

Notice is hereby given this 7th day of July 2021, by:

Sandra Meyer Swanson, Clerk