Board of Review — Agenda

TOWN OF BROOKLYN NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BOARD OF REVIEW for the Town of Brooklyn, Green Lake County, shall be held on June 24, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Town Hall of Town of Brooklyn located at N5988 County Road A, Green Lake WI 54941. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, t o testify to the Board by tel ephone, 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 view such property. After the first meeting of the Boa rd 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. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at le ast 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because t he person has been granted a waive r of the 48- hour notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and s howing good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the Clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board member and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time t hat the hearing will take. When appearing before the Board, the 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. 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 t he Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Brooklyn has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provide d to the Assessor under this pa ragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unles s a court determines that it is i naccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.35(1) of Wis. Statutes. The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a phy sician, surgeon or osteopa th that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone. Kathleen Morris, Clerk June 6, 2024