NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF 2015 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL & HEARING OF COMPLAINTS

NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF
2015 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL &
HEARING OF COMPLAINTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ASSESSOR OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK, HAS COMPLETED THE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE CURRENT YEAR; THAT A COPY THEREOF WILL BE FILED ON OR BEFORE MAY 1ST, 2015 WITH THE TOWN CLERK, DIANE PICKETT, AT WHOSE OFFICE IT MAY BE SEEN AND EXAMINED BY ANY PERSON INTERESTED THEREIN UNTIL THE FOURTH THURSDAY IN MAY.  FURTHER, THE ASSESSOR WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE WITH SUCH TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL AT:

Town of Roxbury
Assessor’s Office
53690 State Hwy 30

Saturday       5/16/2015         12pm – 4pm

Monday        5/18/2015     10am – 2pm

Wednesday  5/20/2015        4pm – 8pm

Saturday       5/23/2015        4pm – 8pm

ON THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015, FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR HOURS, NOT NECESSARILY CONTINUOUS, THE BOARD OF REVIEW WILL MEET AT THE ROXBURY TOWN HALL FROM 2-4PM AND 6-8PM IN SAID TOWN, TO HEAR AND EXAMINE ALL COMPLAINTS ON THE APPLICATION OF ANY PERSON BELIEVING HIMSELF AGGRIEVED THEREBY. A PUBLICATION CONTAINING PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTING AN ASSESSMENT (RP-524 AND RP-524INST) IS AVAILABLE ONLINE HERE

Robert Breglio, Assessor

Grievance Process

When a complainant presents testimony and proof to support a complaint, the assessor is called upon to present his side and to explain the assessment of the property in question or recommend a change in the assessment if it is felt that a change is warranted.

A grievance with respect to an assessment may be filed with the assessor at any time prior to the hearing of the board of assessment review (BAR) or with the board of assessment review at such hearing, but may not be filed with the board of assessment review at any adjourned hearing it may conduct.

Adjourned Hearing-Important Information

• If all grievances cannot be heard on grievance day, May 28, 2015, an adjourned hearing will be scheduled.

• When a grievance is filed within three business days preceding grievance day, May 28, 2015, the BAR must grant an assessor’s request for an adjournment to permit the assessor adequate time to prepare a response to a complaint (RPTL § 524).

Therefore, any grievance received less than three business days prior to grievance day, May 28, 2015, will be automatically scheduled for an adjourned hearing.

• Any evidence or proof in support of a complaint not submitted with the grievance application may not be later filed with the BAR at an adjourned hearing.

• New grievance applications will not be accepted at an adjourned hearing.