PROCLAMATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN GRANT COUNTY
 Grant County issued aProclamation of Public Health Emergency on 3/24/2020.


OPEN BOOK
  Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats, the assessment roll for the Year 2020 assessment will
be open for examination starting on the 15th day of June, 2020 at 1:00p.m., until 3:00p.m.
 Additionally, the assessor shall be available on the 15th day of June, 2020 at the Georgetown
Hall, 1233 St. Rose Rd. from 1:00p.m. to  3:00p.m.

Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to 
valuations under s. 70.47, Wis. Stats.


Notice is hereby given this 28th day of May, 2020 by:
Kim Kieler, Clerk for the Town of Smelser 



NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW 
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Smelser ,Grant County


 


Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, 
shall hold its first meeting on June 22, 2020, from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at the Georgetown Hall, 1233 St. Rose
Road, Cuba City, WI.


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 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 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 schedule 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 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 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 Smelser has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income
and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that
provided exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties
imposed by law or the duties of their office or by order of a court. The
information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined
that is 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 4th day of
June, 2020                     


 


                                                                                                                                Kim Kieler, Clerk


 


 


 


 






Board of Review 
                              Notice of Meeting to Adjourn to a Later Date
Town of Smelser, Grant County


The Board of Review will meet on the 14th day of May, 2020, immediately following the
monthly meeting at the Georgetown Hall, for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into 
session during the 45 day period beginning on the 4th Monday of April, pursuant to
 Wis. Stat. §70.47(1).
     Due to the current public health crisis related to COVID-19, the BOR will immediately adjourn and
no other action will be taken at the meeting. It is anticipated that the
Board of Review will be adjourned until the 11thday of June, 2020 at 6pm.
Notice is hereby given this 14th day of May, 2020 by:
Kim Kieler, Clerk








                                                    


 


                  


                  

 
 
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