Lake County Illinois - File #: 08-0648

• File #: 08-0648
• Version: 1
• Name: Board of Review Recess
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/8/2008
• In control: Revenue, Records, and Legislation Committee
• Final action: 10/14/2008
• Title: Resolution permitting the Lake County Board of Review to recess on or before December 31, 2008 until a time when the Clerk of the Board of Review shall notify the members of the Board of Review, in writing, to return to session for the time necessary to complete their work.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2008	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/1/2008	1	Revenue, Records, and Legislation Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass

Title

Resolution permitting the Lake County Board of Review to recess on or before December 31, 2008 until a time when the Clerk of the Board of Review shall notify the members of the Board of Review, in writing, to return to session for the time necessary to complete their work.

Staff Summary

•                     This is an annual practice.

•                     The Board of Review will not complete all hearings for the 2008 tax year by December 31st.

•                     The Board will recess and reconvene on the 1^st day of January and continue to hear 2008 assessment appeals until all cases are heard.

•                     The Clerk of the Board of Review will correspond with the Board of Review upon passage of the resolution.

Body

                     WHEREAS, Illinois Law (35 ILCS, 200/16-35) provides that if a Board of Review

in a County of 100,000 or more inhabitants cannot complete its assessment work on or before December 31^st of the current assessment year, the Board of Review shall, with County Board approval, recess on or before December 31^st until a time when the Clerk of the Board of Review shall notify the members of the Board of Review, in writing, to return to session for the time necessary to complete their work; and

WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Review will not be able to finish its 2008 assessment work on or before December 31, 2008.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Board of Review shall recess on or before December 31, 2008 until requested back to session by the Clerk of the Board of Review; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Lake County Board of Review shall notify the members of the Board of Review, in writing, of the date when they shall return to session for the time necessary to complete their work.

DATED at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS on this 14^th day of October, A.D., 2008.