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| Hilbert opposes proposed assessment changes by state |
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| Written by Times-Journal |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 14:50 |
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The Hilbert Village Board unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the implementation of county assessment in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue recently proposed to change municipal assessment to a county assessment of real and personal property. Village Clerk Dennis DuPrey explained that moving the assessment from the town, village and city level to the county will take away local control and increase the costs to the taxpayers. The costs of a county assessment system will be an average of $25 per parcel statewide the Department of Revenue acknowledged. That, DuPrey said, will be a significant increase in property taxes from the county level at a time when increased property taxes are already a burden. Property owners, DuPrey explained will lose the convenience of the open book and the board of review proceedings in their own municipality by having to travel to county sites for open book and board of review. The Department of Revenue proposal will provide little oversight over county assessment practices and to the appeal rights of individual towns, villages and cities of their municipal full value as determined by the county assessment, the village’s proposal states. According to DuPrey, the Department of Revenue has expressed concern over some local assessment practices and other issues such as assessor certification and performance that can be addressed under the current municipal assessment system without mandating a county assessment system. “The Department of Revenue proposal for 'single value' assessment may reduce state costs for state equalization between municipal assessing districts, however, there is no showing that 'single value' assessment is required in Wisconsin, nor that the change to county assessment without state equalization will in fact bring more uniformity and equity to assessment practices,” the resolution stated. Stated by DuPrey is if valid concerns exist over current assessment practives of municipal assessment, those issues should be studied by the various interested stakeholders including local governments and assessors to determine if changes to municipal assessment practices could be implements to improve the current system rather than blindly mandate county assessment. Requested in the resolution is that the State, local governments and other stakeholders study what changes, if any are found necessary, can be implemented to improve municipal assessment practices without necessarily eliminating the current system. 
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