City Council Minutes 05-19-1986 Board of ReviewMINUTES
MONTICELLO BOARD OF REVIEW
May 19, 1986 - 7:00 p.m.
Meeting of the Monticello City Board of Review was called to order
at 7:07 p.m. The Mayor opened the meeting for public testimony from
affected property owners, and they were as follows:
1. John Miller. Mr. Miller objected to the high value which was placed
on his rental duplexes in the Par West Addition when the FHA appraisal
came in at $105,000.00 and we had $120,000.00 total Estimated Market Value.
Mr. Doug Gruber, County Assessor, indicated by using the next lower
grade the value could be adjusted to come in line with the $105,000.00
FHA appraisal.
2. Mike Muller. City Assessor, Gary Anderson, indicated that Mike Muller,
owner of the Monticello Theater, had talked to him that his value
be adjusted or looked at so he would be paying an equitable amount
of taxes with the other commercial property owners.
3. Larry & Frederick Jude. A letter was received from Larry and Frederick Jude
objecting to the high amount of property value placed on their newly
purchased 4-plex apartment building. It was suggested that the City
and County Assessor get a hold of Mr. Jude to review his property
and come back to them with a new property value.
4. Armand Dierson. Mr. Armand Dierson questioned the value being too
high on his newly completed addition to an existing house. The new
addition with the existing house will comprise a duplex rental property.
The value which they have applied for insurance replacement cost
is around $70,000.00, with the value placed from the Assessor's office
at $82,000.00. The consensus of the Board of Review members was
to look at this property and come back to them with a recommendation.
5. Con Johnson. Mr. Con Johnson, owner of Johnson Properties, was present
to represent fellow downtown businessmen in regards to the excessive
high assessment on their commercial properties. Mr. Johnson questioned
as to when the original re -assessment was made back in 1979 if a
percentage could be added to them across the board for the entire
properties. The Assessor's staff questioned if by adding a percentage
would it just merely bring lower values up and higher values up with
not accomplishing anything but the gap still being the same in the
re -assessment process. Mr. Johnson questioned if the two assessors
could come out and look at the commercial properties with each individual
property owner and come up with a valuation and come back to the
City Board of Review with these adjusted values. Consensus of the
City Board of Review members was to have the City and County Assessors
set up appointments with property owners which signed their names
to the list and go out and meet with these property owners and come
back to them with their recommendations. Also as part of their consensus
was to look at the other property owners which were not present at
the meeting to look at their properties either with physical inspection
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or to go through the values which were placed on them and adjust
them accordingly.
7. Stan Douglas. Mr. Stan Douglas, owner of two commercial buildings,
contested the high values placed on his two properties, with the
percentage being 150% increase over seven years. The City Board
of Review suggested that he sign his name to the list and the two
assessors will meet with him to come up with a recommendation to
them at a later date.
8. Kevin Fair, Fair's Garden Center; Floriano Brion, Northwest Medical
Clinic; Dr. Dunn/Dental office.
Motion by Fran Fair, seconded by Bill Fair, to have the City Assessor
and the County Assessor set up appointments to meet with each individual
commercial property owner that is on the list which will be signed
after the meeting tonight to review their properties with them and
get back to City Board of Review members to set up the reconvening
of the City Board of Review for July 9, 1986, at 6:00 p.m. Also
as part of the motion was for the property owners that weren't present
tonight to review all of the older downtown property values. Motion
carried unanimously.
Motion by Dan Blonigen, seconded by Jack Maxwell, to adjourn the City
Board of Review. Meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Wv
Gary Anderson
City Assessor
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