That was a great piece Tommasone put out about Delgallo's ponderosa but I hear that many residents are questioning where it says on the post card their home is assessed at $________ on the upper left corner. An elected official told me that some of the taxpayer's assessments went up as much as 60% and the town board was hiding those figures until after election day but they inadvertently got sent to the company that put the latest postcard together. So the hundreds of homes the Assessor and Town Board quietly reassessed actually have their true 2010 assessment on the card. Instead of them finding out a week after election day- they found out a few days before Election Day and some members of the Board are very upset because they do not want the media to know prior to Tuesday.
IF YOU PURCHASE/BUILD AN ESTATE AND IT IS WORTH 500,000 AND THE LEVY IS 10%---THAT IS YOUR SHARE
IF YOU PURCHASE/BUILD AN ESTATE AND IT IS WORTH 100,000 AND THE LEVY IS 10%---THAT IS YOUR SHARE
now, there are options here....either one wants it assessed less to pay less taxes(who wants to own crap) or.....the person really couldn't afford it to begin with.......
for YEARS this town has been below 100% assessing-----why?--were the pillows too comfortable?--was it the money 'train' from GE/union in trunks of cars? why why why???
my guess no foresight and the acceptance that as things are they will always be----look around...it's not just in the borders of Rotterdam....it's the county/the state/the feds........GET OFF MY BACK.....
I am tired of pushing it up.....aren't you?
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The team of Surprise/Steverino is fini after Tuesday. Nobody wants them in Town Hall. Surprise needs to get out of public "service". He is arrogant, rude and vile-he gives horrible Pat Mastro a run for worst assessor in the County.
Sal--be reasonable. Why would John want to come back? Granted losing him was a big loss to the residents but he would be foolish to come back here. He is treated well and like a professional there. Guilderland residents have a totally different way about them than Rotterdam folks. He is much appreciated there.
What Does an Assessor Do? The assessor is obligated by New York State law to maintain assessments at a uniform percentage of market value each year. The assessor signs an oath to this effect when certifying the tentative assessment roll -- the document containing each property assessment. The physical description (or inventory) and value estimate of every parcel is required to be kept current. In order to maintain a uniform roll, each year your assessor will need to analyze all of the properties in the municipality to determine which assessments need to be changed.
Where assessments need to be changed, in some cases, your assessor will be able to increase or decrease the assessments of a neighborhood or group of properties by applying real estate market trends to those properties. This is possible only when the assessments to be changed are at a uniform level other than the municipality's stated level of assessment. In other cases, the assessor will need to conduct physical reinspections for reappraisals of properties. Every assessing unit should be keeping all assessments at a fair and uniform level every year.
The assessment roll shows assessments and appropriate exemptions. Every year the roll, with preliminary or tentative assessments, is made available for public inspection. After the Board of Assessment Review (BAR) has acted on assessment complaints and ordered any changes, the tentative assessment roll is made final.
What Kind of Property is Assessed? All real property, commonly known as real estate, is assessed. Real property is defined as land and any permanent structures attached to it. Some examples of real property are houses, gas stations, office buildings, vacant land, motels, shopping centers, saleable natural resources (oil, gas, timber), farms, apartment buildings, factories, restaurants, and, in most instances, mobile homes.
How is Real Property Assessed? Before assessing any parcel of property, the assessor estimates its market value. Market value is how much a property would sell for, in an open market, under normal conditions. To estimate market values, the assessor must be familiar with all aspects of the local real estate market.
A property's value can be estimated in three different ways. First, property is compared to others similar to it that have sold recently, using only sales where the buyer and seller both acted without undue pressure. This method is called the market approach and is normally used to value residential, vacant, and farm properties.
The second way is to calculate the cost, using today's labor and material prices, to replace the structure with a similar one. If the structure is not new, the assessor determines the depreciation since it was built. The resulting value is added to an estimate of the market value of the land. This method, called the cost approach, is used to value special purpose and utility properties.
The third way is to analyze how much income a property (like an apartment building, store, or factory) will produce if rented. Operating expenses, insurance, maintenance costs, financing terms, and how much money expected to be earned are considered. This method is called the income approach.
Properties in sub optimal uses generally may not be assessed at market value; they must be assessed at their current-use value.
Assessors with computers can estimate values more efficiently than by hand. Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) techniques are used to analyze sales and estimate values for many properties at once.
Once the assessor estimates the market value of a property, its assessment is calculated. New York State law provides that all property within a municipality be assessed at a uniform percent of market value. The level of assessment can be five percent, 20 percent, 50 percent, or any other fraction, up to 100 percent. Everyone pays his or her fair share of taxes as long as every property in a locality is assessed at the same percent of value.
For example, a house with a market value of $100,000 located in a town that assesses at 15 percent of value would have an assessment of $15,000. The assessment is multiplied by the tax rate for each taxing jurisdiction - city, town, village, school district, etc. - to determine the tax bills. (For further explanation of this process, see “How the Property Tax Works”.
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Every winter I ask Keith McDonald, Assessor in Albany, to come and speak to my senior citizens. Every year I have a packed room. Every year he says, "I value property. I do not set the tax." And every year my senior citizens come up with some question that becomes a learning situation for him as well. Too late for Surprise to put on a human face. He was ST's failure.
I cannot believe regardless of who gets in in Rotterdam, that John Macejka would subject himself to Rotterdam again.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I think you have that backwards. How would Rotterdam residents allow themselves to be subjected to John Macejka again?
I bet after Tuesday Steve wishes he either left Macejka in as assessor or appointed someone other than that jerk Craig surprise. BYE Bye Steve..you gonna cry the same way you cried when you told Macejka you were hiring Craig surprise? What a wimp....he knew then what a mistake it would be to hire Surprise but Buchanan, Parisi, Mertz and Signore wanted a pound of flesh for their previous LOSSES. Mertz-OUT, Parisi-On Ice, Signore sinking, Buchanan has the gun pointed to his head and Steve is being injected with embalming fluid as we post. Wah Wah Wah
Nothing worse than a lying, sniveling crybaby...Right Steve???
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The team of Surprise/Steverino is fini after Tuesday. Nobody wants them in Town Hall. Surprise needs to get out of public "service". He is arrogant, rude and vile-he gives horrible Pat Mastro a run for worst assessor in the County.
