TOWN OF BENNETT
REGULAR MONTHLY TOWN BOARD MEETING
Monday, May 15, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.
The board will meet at 7 p.m. to preview invoices.
Bennett Town Hall, 9215 E County Road L, Bennett Wis.
AGENDA
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
MINUTES: April 10, 2023, Board Meeting
APPROVE BILLS FOR PAYMENT
REPORTS:
- Treasurer
- Fire Department
- Highway Department
- Constable
- Douglas County
OLD BUSINESS:
- Lawn Mowing—2023
- Cemetery Sexton Job Opening/Job Description
- Prepare to Sell 2006 Ford F350
NEW BUSINESS:
- Recycle Attendant Substitute
- Research Grant Options and Plans for Town Garage
- Consider Dump Truck Purchase/Lease
- Consider Pay-off of Tractor/Mower Loan
- Class B Beer/Liquor Licenses
- Cigarette Licenses
- Operator’s Licenses
- Budget Amendments (if necessary)
- Review Permits
- Correspondence
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURNMENT
(Discussion and action may occur on any of the above agenda items.)
Dated this 8th day of May, 2023
Tamara Johnson, Clerk
Assessment Roll is Open for
Examination and Open Book
STATE OF WISCONSIN
TOWN OF BENNETT, DOUGLAS COUNTY
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 70.45, the assessment roll for the Year 2023 assessment will be open for examination on May 30, 2023, at the Bennett Town Hall, 9215 E County Road L, Bennett, Wisconsin, from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. The assessor, Ken Thimm, will be available at that time.
Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to valuations under
Wis. Stat. 70.47.
Notice is hereby given this 15th day of May, 2023 by:
Tamara Johnson, Town Clerk
Updated!
STATE OF WISCONSIN
TOWN OF BENNETT, DOUGLAS COUNTY
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 70.45, the assessment roll for the Year 2023 assessment will be open for examination on May 30, 2023, at the Bennett Town Hall, 9215 E County Road L, Bennett, Wisconsin, from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. The assessor, Ken Thimm, will be available at that time.
Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to valuations under
Wis. Stat. 70.47.
Notice is hereby given this 15th day of May, 2023 by:
Tamara Johnson, Town Clerk
STATE OF WISCONSIN
TOWN OF BENNETT, DOUGLAS COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Bennett, Douglas County, Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on June 7, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bennett Town Hall, 9215 E County Road L, Bennett, Wisconsin.
Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board of Review:
- After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board of Review’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 of Review about the person’s objection, except at a session of the Board of Review. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review.
- The Board of Review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the Board of Review’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon 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 proof of extraordinary circumstances 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 property shall first be made in writing and filed with the Board of Review Clerk within the first 2 hours of the Board of Review’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 end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The Board of Review may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the Board of Review 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 that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that 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 that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.
- When appearing before the Board of Review, the objecting 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.
- No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under Wis. Stat. 73.03(2a), that the assessor requests. The Town of Bennett has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exception for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court.* The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Wis. Stat. 19.35(1).
- The Board of Review shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16(2) that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board of Review, 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 of Review by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board of Review, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under Wis. Stat. 70.47(3)(a), that person provides notice to the Board of Review Clerk 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.
- 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 enter onto property to conduct an exterior view of the real or personal property being assessed.
Notice is hereby given this 16th day of May 2023 by:
Tamara Johnson, Town Clerk