<p><i style="color: rgb(106, 125, 110); font-size: 29px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;">Board of Assessment and Review:</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16.8pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 26, 23);"><span style="font-size: 14px !important;">In accordance with Section 523 of the New York State Real Property Tax law, all local governments of a city, town or village, shall appoint a three to five person Board of Assessment and Review.</span></span></p><p /><p /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: 14px !important;">The Board of Assessment and Review is an </span></span><font color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 14px !important;">administrative panel</span><span style="font-size: 14px !important;"> that acts independent of the Town Board and the Assessor's Department; and it is empowered to review and make decisions regarding assessed values. </span><span style="font-size: 14px !important;">The primary duty of the Board is to hear any person who is aggrieved by a property assessed value. In addition, the Board of Assessment and Review hears complaints regarding the removal and/or denial of any real property tax exemption</span><span style="font-size: 14px !important;">.</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#333333"> In the Town of Otego, the Board of Assessment and Review meets on the fourth Wednesday of each May.</font></span></span></p><p /><p /><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; font-size: 14px !important;">A complaint to the Board of Assessment Review is a prerequisite to judicial review; such as Small Claims appeals or Certiorari.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; font-size: 14px !important;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial;"><i><font color="#6a7d6e"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><b>Members:<br /></b></span></font></i></span><i style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#221a17" face="Arial, sans-serif">Current board members and their term expiration dates:</font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;">Teresa Sears - September 2028<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;">Darlene Winchester - September 2029<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px !important;">Steven Parisian</span><span style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"> - September 2027<br /></span></font><br /></p><p /><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></blockquote>