MINUTES

2007 BOARD OF REVIEW

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2007

1.   CALL MEETING TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 PM.

Present were:
Patricia McCleary Groth,  Caroline Kobb,  BradEvans, Tom Lewison,  Dennis McNulty, Janice Wilinski and Frank Haybeck.

Also present were:
Martin Kuehn, City Assessor, and Beverly A. Buretta, City Clerk

2.   STATUTORY MEETING INFORMATION

It was noted for the record that this is the statutorily required meeting of the 2007 Board of Review.  The meeting will adjourn to a future date since the 2007 Assessment Roll has not been completed.

According to M. Kuehn, the following timetable will be followed:
Roll completed and notices mailed:              07/20/07
Open Book sessions:                                  07/23 thru 08/03/07
Meeting to review Open Book results:           08/16/07         
Follow-up notices mailed:                            08/24/07
Board of Review to reconvene:                      09/12/07

3.   ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON

B. Evans, seconded by T. Lewison, nominated P. Groth for Chairperson.  P. Groth, seconded by D. McNulty, nominated B. Evans.  T. Lewison, seconded by P. Groth, moved to close nominations.  All voted aye.  On the vote for Chairperson, the vote was as follows: 

Evans:             P. Groth
Haybeck:         P. Groth
Kobb:              P. Groth
Wilinski:          P. Groth
Groth:              B. Evans
Lewison:          B. Evans
McNulty:          P. Groth

Results:  Patricia Groth elected as Chairperson.

P. Groth, seconded by D. McNulty, nominated B. Evans for Vice-Chairperson.  D. McNulty, seconded by P. Groth moved to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for B. Evans for Vice-Chairperson.  All voted aye.

4.   FUTURE MEETING DATES

For BOR Recertification Training:
Mon.               6/25/07                        4:30 PM --  7:30 PM
(All members are due for recertification in 2007)

For regular BOR meetings:
The Board considered potential dates for the reconvened meetings, based upon the Assessor’s anticipated timetable, and scheduled the first regular meeting for 9/12/07.  Meeting dates, dependent upon the number of filed cases, were tentatively set as follows:
Wed.               9/12                 4:30 PM --  9:30 PM
Thurs.              9/13                 4:30 PM  --  9:30 PM
Mon.                9/17                 4:30 AM  --  9:30 PM
Tues.               9/18                 8:30 AM  --  3:00 PM --Commercial
Thurs.              9/20                 4:30 PM  --  9:30 PM
Tues.               9/25                 8:30 AM  --  8:30 PM – (possible Commercial for daytime hours)
Thurs.              9/27                 4:30 PM  --  9:30 PM

5.   ADJOURNMENT

It was moved by C. Kobb, seconded by T. Lewison, to adjourn the meeting at 5:00 PM.   All voted aye.

Submitted by:
Beverly A. Buretta, CMC
Clerk of the Board of Review
05/15/07