District 7 Alder Badri Lankella will continue his Lunch & Learn series on Monday, March 9th, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Join us on Zoom for an informative hour with Michelle Drea from the Assessor’s Office and David Schmiedicke from the Finance Department. They will explain the role of property assessments in determining property taxes.
Drea and Schmiedicke provided the following joint statement:
Local governments in Wisconsin rely heavily on property taxes to fund critical services like education, police and fire protection, parks, roads, libraries, and even the courts. Property assessments determine how the taxes are distributed but do not establish how much property tax is collected. This distinction and relationship are often misunderstood. Our goal is to provide helpful information to better understand and navigate the process…