Sand Creek Township
Board of Appeal
and Equalization
Meeting Minutes
April 24th, 2019
DRAFT
Officers Present
Chairman
Chad Sandey, Supervisor Bill Schneider, Supervisor Bruce Hunstad, Clerk Maggie
Gallentine, and Deputy Clerk Emily Nordick
Others Present
Mr. Stich, Chad Bohnsack – Scott County,
and Katelyn Fedorko - Scott County
Called to Order
The Board of Appeal and Equalization
meeting was called to order at 6:06pm by Chairman Chad Sandey.
Minutes
A prepared
statement was read by Chairman Sandey to all who were present. Mr. Stich owns
property (63 acres, approximately 35 acres are in the floodplain) on Valley
View Drive between the nursing home and Mosquito Control. The property is zoned
as UBR (Urban Business Reserve). His concerns were centered around the fact
that the intersection of 173rd Street and TH 169 has been closed for
northbound traffic. He also explained that the residence on the property was
ruined by the renters who live there. The home was condemned in 1998 and should
have no value. Katelyn Fedorko from Scott County explained that once they found
the paperwork explaining the condemned status, they removed the previous house
value of $70,000. There is also a newly built 2-story garage which Mr. Stich
did not know about. There is a 3-acre gravel pit on the property as well. The
county valued the semi-finished garage at $11,000. The County’s process of
determining the land value for Mr. Stich’s property is they take the first 10
acres valued at $180,000 as a residential site, the usable acreage (upland
value) after that has certain per acre rate, the 35 acres that are in the
floodplain and the 3 acres for the gravel pit are at a waste rate which is $1,500
per acre. The original value was at $453,200 and now reduced to $359,700. A Motion to change Mr. Stich’s property
from $453,200 minus the value of the condemned home, minus the value of the
3-acre gravel pit to a total value of $359,700 was made by Bruce, second by
Bill, Unanimous. For taxes payable in 2020.
Motion to adjourn the
meeting at 7:11pm by Bruce, second by Bill, Unanimous.
Submitted By: _____________________________________________________
Emily Nordick, Deputy Clerk
Approved by
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Chairman, Chad Sandey