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Acting assessor lays out 2025 property tax timeline; city equalization at 97%
Summary
Acting Assessor Michelle Delcox reviewed the 2025 real property assessment calendar, explained appeal and grievance procedures and said the city's equalization rate is 97%, prompting officials to plan steps to return to 100%.
Michelle Delcox, the city’s acting assessor, told the Ogdensburg City Council on Tuesday that the 2025 real property tax cycle is underway and outlined key dates for exemptions, tentative assessments and grievance hearings.
“April 1 is our taxable status, exemption filing date,” Delcox said, explaining that exemption applications must be filed by that date. She also said tentative assessment notices were mailed to property owners this week and that the city’s grievance day will be June 10, with sessions from 10 a.m. to noon, 2–4 p.m. and 6–8 p.m.
The nut graf: the assessment calendar matters because it sets deadlines for property owners to challenge valuations that feed into the tax roll and into how escrow and mortgage payments are calculated.…
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