Minutes of the Reconvened
Meeting of the Board of Review
August 14, 2007 at 5:00PM
Town
Chairman
First order
of business was to nominate and elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for
the Board of Review. Motion
(Webb/Peet) to nominate
Motion (Webb/Peet) to nominate
Collyard
mentioned that he, Meinke, and Brustad
had completed the training for the Board of Review this past year. Brustad verified
she had the certificates from the training session. Collyard asked if
the meeting had been posted. Brustad said the meeting had been posted and published as
required by the Statutes. Collyard then asked if the Assessor had made the changes to
the assessment roll done during Open Book. Johnson said she had sent the
changes to the County. Collyard then asked if the Clerk had received any objection
forms. Brustad
said she had received none as of yet, although there were two forms being
filled out now.
Clerk Brustad swore in the Assessor, Charlotte Johnson for all
testimony to be given this evening.
Brustad
received an objection form from Maris and Joanne Freeman. Mrs. Freeman wanted only to ask a question of
the Assessor regarding her property assessment.
Brustad swore in the Freeman’s for testimony. Webb asked why the Freeman’s hadn’t given the
Objection form to the Clerk 48 hours before this meeting. Mrs. Freeman said she was unaware of the rule
and just wanted to ask the Assessor a question about her assessment. Webb then asked if they had talked with the
Assessor at Open Book. They had
not. Motion (Brustad/Webb)
to waive the 48 hour requirement for notifying the Board of Review of their
intention to file an Objection Form.
Motion carried.
Mrs.
Freeman was asked what her objection was. She indicated she was unsure if she
even had an objection. She asked the Board if the value placed on her home was
of the finished house or the unfinished value as of January 1st. She
said she was not disputing the value placed on the land. Johnson asked why they
hadn’t come to see her at Open Book. That is where they needed to come first if
they had questions. Freeman said she was
unaware of the requirements. Webb told
her the proper procedure would have been to come to see the Assessor during
Open Book. If they then had a dispute
with the amount the Assessor had assessed them then they could come to the
Board of Review, but would need some proof of what the home was worth, such as
an appraisal or receipts for some kind showing what the house was worth as of
January 1st. Webb said at
this time nothing could be done for her, that next year she should come in to
see the Assessor first at Open Book if she is disputing the assessment for next
year.
Brustad
then received an Objection Form from Lloyd Weinzirl. Brustad swore him
in also at that time. His form was not
complete. Weinzirl
said his home was not complete until February of this year and wanted to know
if the Assessor had assessed the home as complete. Webb asked him if he had talked with the Assessor
during Open Book. He had not, and was
unaware of the procedure to do so. Webb
also asked why he had not filed the Objection Form prior to this evening or
notified the clerk he was going to be here.
He stated he was unaware of the procedure to do so. Motion (Webb/Peet)
to waive the 48 hour notification requirement. Motion carried. Webb said the Board of Review was unable to do
anything for him because he had no objection, he just
wanted to know if the Assessor assessed his home as a completed home.
There were
no other objections brought to the Board of Review. At 7:00, Collyard
asked for a motion to adjourn. Motion
(Meinke/Peet) to adjourn the Board of Review. Motion carried. Since there were
no formal objections heard where there was a determination made this will be the
final Board of Review for 2007. The
Meeting adjourned at 7:05PM.
Respecfully
submitted,
Elaine J. Brustad,
Clerk for
the Board of Review
Dated this 23rd Day of August, 2007.