September 9, 2025, September 10, 2025, & October 9, 2025 Open Book & Board of Review

NOTICE OF TOWN OF LAKE
OPEN BOOK
&
BOARD OF REVIEW
Town of Lake
W6202 Loomis Road, Porterfield, WI 54159

Open Book: Notice Pursuant to Wis. Stat. Sec. 70.45, notice is hereby given that the 2025 assessment roll will be open for public inspection at the Town of Lake Hall, W6202 Loomis Road, Porterfield, WI 54159 on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Both days by appointment only. Call Assessor Ryan Raatz with R & R Assessing Services, LLC to schedule an appointment at (920) 846-4250.

Board of Review: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review forth the Town of Lake, Marinette County, will be held at the Town of Lake Hall, W6202 Loomis Road, Porterfield, WI 54159 on Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Persons wishing to appeal their assessment to the Board of Review are encouraged to give notice of their intent to do so in writing to the clerk at least 48 hours before the Board of Review begins.

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 of the Assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view of the real or personal property being assessed.

After the first meeting of the Board or Review and before the board’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 about that person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person many appear before the Board of Review, testify to the board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under Wis. Stats. 70.47 (3) (a), that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal under Wis. Stats. 70.47 (6m) (a) and if so which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Bard, the 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 by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method; unless no later that 7 days before the first meeting of the board of review the person supplies to the assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under s. 73.03 (2a), that the assessor requests. The municipality or county shall provide by ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph and shall provide exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) unless a court determines before the first meeting of the board of review that the information is inaccurate.

The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability preventing them from appearing. No other persons many testify by telephone.

Dated the 27th day of August 2025
Stacey Wilson – Clerk/Treasurer