[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Seymour
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-19-2015 by Ord. No. 04-19-15A]
A.
In order for a property owner or property owner's representative
to submit a request to testify by phone or submit a sworn written
statement, he or she must first comply with the following procedures:
B.
After the two requirements outlined above have been met, a request
to testify by telephone or submit a sworn written statement at Board
of Review (Form PA-814) may be submitted to the Town Clerk. Such requests
must be submitted in time to be considered by the Board at the first
meeting of the BOR.
The Board may consider any or all of the following factors when
deciding whether to grant or deny the request:
A.
The requester's stated reason(s) for the request as indicated on
the PA-814.
B.
Fairness to the parties.
C.
Ability of the requester to procure in person oral testimony and
any due diligence exhibited by the requester in procuring such testimony.
D.
Ability to cross-examine the person providing the testimony.
E.
The BOR's technical capacity to honor the request.
F.
Any other factors that the Board deems pertinent to deciding the
request.
This article shall be effective upon posting as provided by
law.
[Adopted 7-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 070915]
This article adopts by reference § 70.47(7)(af), Wis.
Stats. Income and expense information provided by a property owner
to the Assessor for the purposes of establishing the valuation for
assessment purposes by the income method of valuation shall be confidential
and not a public record open to inspection or copying under § 19.35(1),
Wis. Stats.
An officer may make disclosure of such information under the
following circumstances:
A.
The Assessor has access to such information in the performance of
his/her duties.
B.
The Board of Review may review such information when needed, in its
opinion, to decide upon a contested assessment.
C.
Another person or body has the right to review such information due
to the intimate relationship to the duties of an office or as set
by law.
D.
The officer is complying with a court order.
E.
The person providing the income and expense information has contested
the assessment level at either the Board of Review or by filing a
claim for excessive assessment under § 74.37, Wis. Stats.,
in which case the base records are open and public.
The several sections of this article are declared to be severable.
If any section or portion thereof shall be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such
decision shall apply only to the specific section or portion thereof
directly specified in the decision and shall not affect the validity
of any other provisions, sections, or portions thereof of this article.
The remainder of this article shall remain in full force and effect.
Any other ordinances whose terms are in conflict with the provisions
of this article are hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
This article shall take effect immediately upon passage and
posting as provided by law.
