[Adopted 4-14-2015]
In order for a property owner or property owner's representative
to submit a request to testify by phone or submit a sworn written
statement, he or she must first comply with the following procedures:
a) the legal requirement to provide notice of intent to appear at
BOR must be satisfied; and b) an Objection Form for Real Property
Assessment (PA-IISA) must be completed and submitted to the BOR as
required by law. After the two requirements outlined above have been
met, a Request to Testify by Telephone or Submit a Sworn Written Statement
at Board of Review (Form PA-814) may be submitted to the Town Clerk.
Such requests must be submitted in time to be considered by the Board
at the first meeting of the BOR.
The Board may consider any or all of the following factors when
deciding whether to grant or deny the request:
A.
The requester's stated reason(s) for the request as indicated on
the PA-814.
B.
Fairness to the parties.
C.
Ability of the requester to procure in person oral testimony and
any due diligence exhibited by the requester in procuring such testimony.
D.
Ability to cross examine the person providing the testimony.
E.
The BOR's technical capacity to honor the request.
F.
Any other factors that the Board deems pertinent to deciding the
request.
