West Bend Board of Review approves corrections to 2025 assessment roll; orders refunds for two Sunset Ridge properties

John Corbett, chair of the West Bend City Board of Review, and the board on June 11 approved corrections to the 2025 assessment roll after the assessor’s office reviewed open-book submissions and internal records.

Jeff Yoder, city assessor, told the board the assessor’s office performed maintenance assessments for 2025 and that the office’s valuation date is Jan. 1, 2025. “In 2025, the West Bend assessor's office conducted maintenance assessments for new construction property or those with changes that warranted a revised value,” Yoder said.

The board approved three corrections Yoder presented. Two corrections involved a duplex that had been converted to condominiums and that, during a software conversion, were incorrectly doubled in the assessment roll. Parcel 1119-023-013 (1230 Sunset Ridge Drive) and parcel 1119-023-0314 (1232 Sunset Ridge Drive) each had a prior 2025 assessed value shown as $303,200; the corrected 2025 assessed value for each parcel is $106,000, and the recorded adjusted assessment for the prior year is $142,000. The assessor said owners have been notified and refunds will be processed through the city after the board’s approval and transmittal to the Common Council.

A third correction was an exemption adjustment for the Kettle Moraine EAA airport hangar. The assessor said the property historically received an exemption but, because of a conversion in how hangars are recorded, it had been assessed as of the current cycle. The assessor reported the original assessed amount reported to the board was $434,130 and the corrected assessed value is $430,000; the owner has been notified and the adjustment will be presented to the Common Council if the board approves the correction.

Yoder also summarized the board’s open-book activity: real estate notices were mailed May 22 (362 notices), the open-book period ran May 27–June 4, the office received 34 open-book objections, and seven real-estate value changes resulted from open-book review. He said the office reviewed sales, permits and income-and-expense submissions as part of the maintenance-year process and is planning a full revaluation in 2027.

The motion to approve the corrections was made and seconded on the record, and the board voted in favor. The assessor’s office said it will forward corrected assessment roll entries and prepare refund calculations for the two Sunset Ridge parcels for Common Council action.

The board also verified compliance with mandatory training under Wisconsin Statute 70.46(4) and confirmed that the municipal code provision protecting confidential income-and-expense information is located at municipal code section 1.133, as noted in the meeting record.

The board adjourned the session’s formal business and scheduled follow-up administrative steps to transmit the corrected roll entries, notify affected owners, and submit required documentation to the council for refund processing.