Number
111645
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALDS. BOHL, WITKOWIAK, AND DONOVAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the mailing of assessment notices to property owners by the Office of the Assessor.
Analysis
Currently, as part of the annual revaluation process, the Assessor's Office provides notice each January to any property owner that has experienced a change in valuation of his or her property. If a property does not have a change in assessment, no notice is sent. This resolution directs that the Assessor's Office mail notice to all property owners, including those with no change in valuation of their properties. The notice shall disclose the current valuation and describe the appeal rights of the property owner, the appeal process and the deadline for filing an appeal.
Body
Whereas, The Assessor's Office conducts an annual property revaluation of properties in the city; and
Whereas, The current process includes providing notice to any property owner that has experienced a change in valuation of his or her property, with no notice sent to a property owner whose assessment did not change; and
Whereas, Concern has been expressed that property owners that do not receive notice may not be aware of their right to appeal, the related process and the deadline for filing an appeal; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Common Council directs the Assessor's Office mail an annual notice of valuation to all property owners, including those owners with no change in valuation of their properties; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Assessor's Office is also directed to include with the notice information describing the appeal rights of property owners, the appeal process and the deadline for filing an appeal.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB138032-2
Rich Watt
3/23/2012