Board of Review

City of West Allis Meeting Minutes Board of Review Thursday, May 24, 2018 9:03 AM City Hall, Common Council Chambers 7525 W. Greenfield Ave. 2018 BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 9:03 a.m. 2. Roll Call Present 5- Wayne Clark, Winard Coley, Robert Haglund, Randy Kassa, and Sharon Prindiville Others Present: City Clerk Steven A. Braatz, Jr., City Assessor Jason Williams, City Attorney Kail Decker and Assistant City Attorney Nicholas Cerwin. 3. Selection of 2018 Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Coley moved to select Wayne Clark as the Chair and Winard Coley as Vice Chair, motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Clark, Coley, Haglund, Kassa, and Prindiville No: 0 4. Verify that Member(s) have Met the Mandatory Training Requirements Clerk Braatz confirmed that all five members completed the training session and the Affidavit was filed with the Department of Revenue. 5. Verify that the City has an ordinance for the confidentiality of income and expense information provided to the assessor under Wis. Stat. §70.47(7)(af) Verification was made that the City has an ordinance for the confidentiality of income and expense information. 6. Review of new laws Assessor Williams reviewed a new law regarding residents that reject internal review. 7. Re-affirmation of policy on procedure for sworn telephone or sworn written testimony requests 18-00310 Waiver Policy Adopted 5-23-17 Coley moved to re-affirm the City's Policy and Procedures for Sworn Telephone & Written Testimony Requests, Prindiville seconded, motion carried. City of West Allis Page 1 Printed on 11/2/2021 Board of Review Meeting Minutes May 24, 2018 8. Re-affirmation of policy on procedure for waiver of board of review hearing requests Coley moved to re-affirm the City's Policy and Procedure for Waiver of Board of Review Hearing Requests, Prindiville seconded, motion carried. 18-00311 Sworn Written or Telephone Testimony Policy adopted 5-23-17 9. Summary of Annual Assessment Report by Assessor’s Office Assessor Williams reported on the mailed notices of assessment and Open Book. He reviewed the 2018 assessment roll and a summary of the assessed values. He also presented his credentials for the record. 10. Receipt of the Assessment Roll by Clerk from the Assessor and sworn statements from the Clerk Clerk Braatz confirmed the receipt of the assessment roll and sworn statements. 11. Examine the Roll and Correct Errors in Description of Computation and add omitted or eliminate double assessed property Certification of correction of error under state law and verify with the City Assessor that open book changes are included in the assessment roll. 12. Verify with the Assessor that open book changes have been included in the Assessment Roll Assessor Williams verified the open book changes are included in the assessment roll. 13. Allow taxpayers to examine assessment data No taxpayers present. 14. Consideration of: A. Waivers of the required 48-hour notice of intent to file an objection when there is no good cause Coley moved to deny the 48-hour waiver for Funeral Corp due to no good cause and did not meet statutory waiver requirements, Prindiville seconded, motion carried. B. Requests for waiver of the BOR hearing allowing the property owner an appeal directly to circuit court Coley moved to approve the waiver of BOR hearing to allow Sam's Club and Colders to appeal directly to circuit court, Prindiville seconded, motion carried. C. Requests to testify by telephone or submit sworn written statement None. D. Subpoena requests None. City of West Allis Page 2 Printed on 11/2/2021 Board of Review Meeting Minutes May 24, 2018 E. Action on any other legally allowed/required Board of Review matters None. 15. Review notices of intent to file objection Hendricks, no action taken. 16. Hearings and decisions on objections A. Tax Key #453-0001-004, Owner: Lee & Lee of Wisconsin LLC B. Tax Key # 442-0102-000, Owner: Stewart and Mary LaPointe Prindiville moved to sustain the Assessor's valuation, Coley seconded, motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Clark, Coley, Haglund, Kassa, and Prindiville No: 0 17. Opportunity for objectors who do not give their intent and appear to give reason to the board as to why they should be heard None. 18. Schedule additional Board of Review Date(s) (if needed) Additional BOR dates are not needed. 19. Adjournment Haglund moved to adjourn at 11:03 p.m., Kassa seconded, motion carried. City of West Allis Page 3 Printed on 11/2/2021 Board of Review Meeting Minutes May 24, 2018 All meetings of the {bdName} are public meetings. In order for the general public to make comments at the committee meetings, the individual(s) must be scheduled (as an appearance) with the chair of the committee or the appropriate staff contact; otherwise, the meeting of the committee is a working session for the committee itself, and discussion by those in attendance is limited to committee members, the mayor, other alderpersons, staff and others that may be a party to the matter being discussed. NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT The City of West Allis does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, age, marital or veterans' status, sex, national origin, disability or any other legally protected status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs or activities. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT NOTICE Upon reasonable notice the City will furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services when necessary to afford individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in and to enjoy the benefits of a service, program or activity provided by the City. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STATEMENT It is the policy of the City of West Allis to provide language access services to populations of persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) who are eligible to be served or likely to be directly affected by our programs. Such services will be focused on providing meaningful access to our programs, services and/or benefits. City of West Allis Page 4 Printed on 11/2/2021