BOARD OF REVIEW VILLAGE OF BEAR CREEK 109 Prospect St. May 11th, 2025 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: that the Board of Review will meet pursuant to the Wisconsin State Statutes Sec. 70.45 for the purpose of hearing and adjusting complaints pertaining to the assessments of the year of 2026. Persons wishing to appear before the Board of Review must fill out a Property Assessment Objection form at least 48 hours prior to the Board of Review. Instructional materials and objection forms are available in the Clerk’s office. Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: • 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 from the assessor to view such property. • After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Boards 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 the persons objection except at a session of the Board. • The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with the proof of extraordinary circumstance for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting. • Objections to the amount or valuation of the property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to the land, but no person who owns the land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of the property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express actions of the board. • 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/were made. The subject of the persons 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 the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as Specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03 (2) (a) that the Assessor Requests. The Village of Bear Creek has an ordinance for the Confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided To the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for Persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law Or of the duties of their office or by order of the 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 Sec. 19:35 (1) of Wis. Statutes. • The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons Who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon, osteopath, That confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by Telephone unless the Board, in its discretion has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement. • No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessments unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board or at least 48 hours before the objection is allowed under s.70.47(3)(a), Wis. Stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take. Notice is hereby given this 27th day of April. Respectfully submitted Ashley Janke, Clerk Village of Bear Creek Pub. April 30, 2026 WNAXLP
