STATE OF WISCONSIN – TOWN OF GULL LAKE – WASHBURN COUNTY
Notice of Meeting of Board of Review and Open Book
The Board of Review will meet on the 15th day of May, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at the Gull Lake Town Hall
located at W3494 Haddick Road, for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the
45 day period beginning on the 4th Monday of April, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 70.47(1).
Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural
requirements if appearing before the Board of Review (See Wis. Stat. § 70.47(2)):
1. After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board of Review’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 of Review about that person’s objection except at
a session of the Board of Review.
2. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by telephone,
or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the
Board of Review or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed
under Wis. Stat. § 70.47(3)(a), that person provides to the Board of Review Clerk notice as to
whether the person will ask for removal under Wis. Stat. § 70.47(gm)(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.
3. When appearing before the Board of Review, 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.
4. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by telephone
or object to a valuation, if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the
income method, unless the person supplies to the assessor all of the information about income
and expenses that the assessor requests, unless no later than 7 days before the first meeting of the
Board of Review, as specified in the manual under Wis. Stat. § 73.03(2a). 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, unless a
court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection or copying under
Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1).
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 70.45, Open Book for the year 2024 assessment will be held starting on the 29th day of April, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. via telephone contact with the assessor.
Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to valuations
under Wis. Stat. § 70.47.
Notice is hereby given this 11th day of March, 2024 by Lolita Olson, Town of Gull Lake Clerk/Treasurer