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PUBLIC MEETINGS NOTICE
TOWN OF UNION
BOARD OF REVIEW
Wednesday June 9, 2021

Public notice is hereby given that the Town of Union's Board of Review will meet Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Town of Union Town Hall, 15531 W. Green Bay Rd., Evansville, WI, The agenda is as follows:
1. Swear in Board of Review members
2. Select a chairperson
3. Select a vice-chairperson
4. Verify that a member has met the mandatory training requirements specified in sec. 70.46 (4), Wisconsin Statutes
5. Hearing of written objections

Notice: Objectors must file their written objection with the Board of Review clerk either prior to the Board's first scheduled meeting or during the two hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting. Appointments are recommended; please call Clerk Regina Riedel at 608-736-7070 or email her at regina.riedel@townofunion.org to schedule an appointment. Written objection forms are available from the Clerk. Forms and assessment appeal instructions are available online at the Wisconsin Department of Revenue website.

As per Wisconsin State Statutes sections 70.47(7)(aa), (ac), (ad), (ae) and (af), Wisconsin Statutes:
a.) 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.
b.) 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.
c.) 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) and if so which member will be removed and the person's reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.
d.) 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.
e.) No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject 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).