6/2/2020 Minutes

MINUTES OF BOARD OF REVIEW June 2, 2020 1. Call to Order, Roll Call The meeting of the Village Board of Review of the Village of Slinger was called to order by President Brandt at 300 Slinger Road, Slinger, WI at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 with the following members present: President Brandt, Clerk Tennies, and Trustee Kohl. Also present were Village Assessor Michael Grota of Gr ota Appraisals, Assistant Assessor Eric Feavel of Grota Appraisals, Alternate Board Member Wilber and Treasurer Knetzger. 2. Election of Chair and Clerk Motion Tennies/Kohl to elect President Brandt as Chairperson of the Board and to appoint Treasurer Knetzger as Clerk of the Board of Review; carried unanimously. 3. Verify Member Training Affidavit Clerk Tennies informed the Board that Clerk Tennies and Treasurer Knetzger both completed Board of Review training as required under WI Stat 70.46(4) and the training affidavit was electronically filed with the Department of Revenue. 4. Receive 2020 Assessment Roll and Signed Affidavit from Village Assessor Assessor Grota submitted his signed Assessor’s Affidavit and Treasurer Knetzger accepted it for inclusion in the Board of Review record. 5. Examine the 2020 Assessment Roll Clerk Tennies provided the Board with the preliminary and final assessment rolls for 2020 and informed the Board that staff had reviewed the roll prior to this meeting. She stated that all questions resulting from that review had been answered. The Board conducted a review of the 2020 roll. 6. Hear Waiver of 48-Hour Notice of Intent to File Objection Requests Chairperson Brandt stated that at this time, the Board would hear any requests for a waiver of the 48-hour notice of intent to file objections. Treasurer Knetzger informed the Board that no requests for this type of waiver had been received at this time. 7. Receive Objection Forms Not Previously Filed (first two hours only unless waived) - None 8. Hear Objections to Property Assessments and Take Action as Necessary A. Tax Key #V5-062000A – 1100 E Commerce Boulevard PJR Properties/Piggly Wiggly Assessor Grota informed the Board that an Objection to Real Property Assessment was received from the owner of Piggly Wiggly for the assessment of property located at 1100 E Commerce Boulevard and that it was resolved outside of the Board of Review. Village of Slinger - Board of Review June 2, 2020 Page 2 B. Tax Key #V5-0219 – 122 W Washington Street GDSF Transition Trust Discussion was initiated by President Brandt about the status of this parcel as of January 1, 2020. It was established that due to a fire only the basement was complete at that time. The tax roll showed full assessment. Motion Kohl/Tennies to reduce the improvement value by $121,000 to $14,900 to reflect the correct assessment of the property as of January 1, 2020; carried unanimously. Assessor Grota stated he would notify the property owner about the new assessment as was approved at the Board of Review. 9. Adjournment President Brandt stated that it was now 4:00pm and two hours have passed since the beginning of the hearing. He asked that it be noted for the record that no other requests for waivers had been received during the first two hours of this meeting. Motion Tennies/Kohl to adjourn the Board of Review sine die at 4:00pm. A vote was taken on this motion with the following results: Yea’s: Brandt, Kohl, Tennies; Nay’s: None. The motion was passed. _________________________________________________ Russell E. Brandt, Chairperson Minutes submitted by Valerie Knetzger, Treasurer/Deputy Clerk