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North Bay Board of Review adopts rule requiring in-person sworn testimony
Summary
At its June 16 meeting the Village of North Bay Board of Review voted unanimously to require that sworn testimony be given in person, eliminating telephone and sworn written testimony; the change came by motion and roll-call vote.
The Village of North Bay Board of Review voted on June 16, 2025, to require sworn testimony to be given in person at Board of Review sessions. The amendment was moved by Trustee Paul Schroeder and seconded by Vice Chair and Constable Rocco Castellano; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with Mark Schall, Paul Schroeder, Rick Cermak and Rocco Castellano recorded as voting yea.
The policy change amends the procedure for accepting sworn testimony, removing telephone and sworn written testimony as options. The board made the change during a reconvened meeting held on Zoom; Clerk Dori Panthofer verified meeting procedures and the recording device used for the session.
Board members did not record any public requests to testify by telephone or submit sworn written statements in advance of the meeting. The agenda showed no pending hearings or Notices of Intent to File Objection for the 2025 session, and the board noted the waiver policy for BOR hearing requests was not applicable because none were scheduled.
The vote to adopt the in-person testimony policy was recorded in the minutes as a formal motion and roll-call vote; no amendments to the motion were recorded. Next steps for implementing the new procedure were not specified during the session.
