Citizen's Board of Review
N O T I C E
CITY OF JANESVILLE
2017 BOARD OF REVIEW
Pursuant to State Statute 70.47,
notice is hereby given that the Citizens Board of Review of the City of
Janesville will hold an organizational meeting at 8:00 AM on Friday, June 16, 2017,
in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building. The purpose of this meeting is to review the
2017 assessment roll and to hear any objections.
Further, pursuant to State
Statutes 70.47(7)(aa), (ac), (ad), (ae) and (af), no person shall 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
view such property.
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 that 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 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 sub. (3)(a), that person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review
notice as to whether the person will ask for removal under sub. (6m)(a) and if
so which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the
length of time that 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 the assessor or the objector using the income
method; unless the person supplies to the assessor all of the information about
income and expenses, as specified in the manual under s. 73.03(2a), that the
assessor requests. The municipality or
county shall provide by ordinance for the confidentiality of information about
income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph and
shall provide exceptions for persons using the 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, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to
the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35(1).
