Weight Limits on Town Roads

Weight restrictions for all roads in the Town of Brazeau that are South of State Highway 64 are being taken off on Monday, April 5, 2021, and all roads in the Town of Brazeau that are North of State Highway 64 will be taken off on Monday, April 12, 2021.

Town of Brazeau Annual Meeting

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

Town of Brazeau, Oconto County

10892 Parkway Road, Pound

Brazeau Town Hall

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Brazeau in the County of Oconto, State of Wisconsin, for the transaction of business as is by law required or permitted to be transacted at such meeting, will be held at the Town of Brazeau Hall in said town on June 16, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

An agenda is not required by Wisconsin State Statute. 

Elector Powers to Act per Wis. Stat. – common topics (60.10 Wis. Stats.)

  • Authorize town board to raise money-set tax levy 
  • Power of board to borrow money
  • Compensation of elective town officials

Town of Brazeau

Brooke Kriescher, Clerk Treasurer

June 2, 2020

Open Examination of Assessment Roll

Town of Brazeau, Oconto County

Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats., The Town of Brazeau assessment roll for the year 2020 assessment will be open for examination on the 23rd day July, 2020, at the Town of Brazeau Hall, 10892 Parkway Road, Pound, WI from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Additionally, the assessor shall be available on July 23, 2020 at the town hall from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.. Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to valuations under s. 70.47, Wis. Stats.

Notice hereby given this 21st day of May, 2020
Brooke Kriescher, Town Clerk-Treasurer

Board of Review

Notice of Board of Review
State of Wisconsin)
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Town of Brazeau )

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Brazeau will meet on July 30, 2020 at 6:00 P.M. in the Town of Brazeau Hall located at 10892 Parkway Road, Pound, WI 54161 for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session pursuant to s. 70.47(1), Wis. Stats.,
PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD OF REVIEW AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS IF APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD:
No person will be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view such property being assessed.
After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board after the person’s objection, except at a session of the board. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review.
The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
Objections to the amount of valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of session if the session if less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements so that no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.
When appearing before the Board of Review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.
No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone, or object to a valuation, if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method, unless the person supplies to the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specific in the assessor’s manual under §73.03(2a), Wis. Stats., that the Assessor requests. The Town of Brazeau has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for person’s using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone unless the Board, in it’s discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement.
No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or a least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s. 70.47(3)(a), Wis. Stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review, and if so, which members, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

Notice is hereby given this 21st day of May, 2020

Brooke Kriescher, Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Brazeau

Oconto County Sandbags

Oconto County has available filled and unfilled sandbags. Residents of a municipality will need to order and pay for any sandbags through their municipality.

Costs: Unfilled Sandbags (bundle of 25) $6.00 a bundle

Filled Sandbags (Approx. 42 lbs each) $1.50 each

Please contact the town clerk at (920) 897-3855 for more information and to order your sandbags.

Board of Review

Notice of Board of Review
State of Wisconsin)
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Town of Brazeau )

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Brazeau will meet on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 6:30 P.M. in the Town of Brazeau Hall located at 10892 Parkway Road, Pound, WI 54161 for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session pursuant to s. 70.47(1), Wis. Stats.,
PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD OF REVIEW AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS IF APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD:
No person will be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view such property being assessed.
After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board after the person’s objection, except at a session of the board. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review.
The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
Objections to the amount of valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of session if the session if less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements so that no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.
When appearing before the Board of Review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.
No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone, or object to a valuation, if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method, unless the person supplies to the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specific in the assessor’s manual under §73.03(2a), Wis. Stats., that the Assessor requests. The Town of Brazeau has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for person’s using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone unless the Board, in it’s discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement.
No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or a least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s. 70.47(3)(a), Wis. Stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review, and if so, which members, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

Notice is hereby given this 29th day of May, 2018

Jean Grosse, Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Brazeau

Open Examination of Assessment Roll

Town of Brazeau, Oconto County

Pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats., The Town of Brazeau assessment roll for the year 2018 assessment will be open for examination on the 13th day June, 2018, at the Town of Brazeau Hall, 10892 Parkway Road, Pound, WI from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Additionally, the assessor shall be available on June 13, 2018 at the town hall from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.. Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to valuations under s. 70.47, Wis. Stats.

Notice hereby given this 21st day of May, 2018
Jean Grosse, Town Clerk-Treasurer