Revaluation Meeting Cancelled Due to Forecast of Snow

The Lawrence Township chapter of the League of Women Voters was to have hosted the meeting this evening, March 6, but decided to cancel it based on the expectation of inclement weather.

With a winter storm expected to bring snow and rain to the region today, Wednesday, March 6, the Lawrence Township chapter of the League of Women Voters has cancelled the informational meeting it had planned to discuss the township-wide property revaluation that is currently underway, according to chapter president Susan Varga. The event had been scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. today at the Lawrence Township headquarters branch of the Mercer County Library.

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Not Sure If That Revaluation Appraiser Is Legit? Check His ID

To help residents verify the identities of appraisers before allowing them into their homes, Lawrence Township has posted on its website copies of the photo identification cards carried by Professional Property Appraisers’ “field representatives.”

Lawrence Township’s property revaluation began in February and, over the course of the next several months, personnel from Professional Property Appraisers will be visiting each and every property in the township to conduct inspections of both the interiors and exteriors of all buildings in order to properly appraise the properties. To help residents verify the identities of the appraisers before allowing them into their homes, the township has posted on its website copies of the photo identification cards carried by Professional Property Appraisers’ “field representatives.” Copies of these photos can be found here and here, and also in the Patch media box to the right. Officials from the township and Professional Property Appraisers have …

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Latest Revaluation Q&A to be Held Today at Senior Ctr.

The session to be held at 1:30 p.m. today, Feb. 13, at the Lawrence Senior Center is intended to help Lawrence Township residents understand the ongoing township-wide revaluation process.

The latest in a series of question-and-answer sessions intended to help Lawrence Township residents understand the ongoing township-wide revaluation process will be held today, Feb. 13,  at 1:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Senior Center on Darrah Lane East. The first such session was held on Jan. 24. The sessions are being moderated by representatives of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence Township. As part of the revaluation – which was ordered by the Mercer County Board of Taxation – all properties in the township will be reassessed to full market value in an effort to more-equitably distribute the tax burden. As a result, some owners will see their assessments increase, while others will see their assessments change only slightly or even …

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Another Revaluation Q&A to be Held Thursday

The session to be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 7 at the Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Co. firehouse is intended to help Lawrence Township residents understand the ongoing township-wide revaluation process.

The latest in a series of question-and-answer sessions intended to help Lawrence Township residents understand the ongoing township-wide revaluation process will be held tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Co. firehouse on Gordon Avenue. The first such session was held on Jan. 24. Several more will be held this month. The sessions are being moderated by representatives of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence Township. As part of the revaluation – which was ordered by the Mercer County Board of Taxation – all properties in the township will be reassessed to full market value in an effort to more-equitably distribute the tax burden. As a result, some owners will see their assessments increase, while …

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Township Revaluation Presentations Begin This Week

The first of several public presentations to discuss Lawrence Township’s upcoming township-wide property revaluation process will be held at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 24, at Lawrence High School.

The first of five scheduled public presentations to discuss Lawrence Township’s upcoming township-wide property revaluation process will be held by township officials at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Commons of Lawrence High School on Princeton Pike. The goal of the meetings is to explain the revaluation – which the township has been ordered to do by the Mercer County Board of Taxation – and to answer questions township residents have. Last September, township council awarded a $729,780 contract to Professional Property Appraisers, a Delran-based company that submitted the lowest of five bids the township received for the revaluation work. At that time, Township Manager Richard Krawczun explained that “the last revaluation …

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donotstaysilent

12:07 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

well, the assessed value may not change much but remember, the tax rate is reset by the 2013 reassessement. Our town's tax rate will move upward if the total value of all properties in the town is less than current amounts. Since over the past several years, a lot of homeowners have won tax appeals that they were assessed too high, now everyone, even those who did not appeal, will be reset to a …   more ›

Contract Awarded After Revaluation Funding Approved

Among the business conducted at its recent meeting, Lawrence Township Council approved a $729,780 contract for a company to conduct most of the township-wide property revaluation ordered by the Mercer County Board of Taxation.

Lawrence Township Council members during their meeting last Tuesday (Sept. 4) took two significant actions related to the township-wide property revaluation ordered by the Mercer County Board of Taxation. First, with Councilwoman Cathleen Lewis out of town, the four council members present unanimously voted their approval of an ordinance authorizing a “special emergency appropriation” of $800,000 to pay for the revaluation, under terms that will allow the township to spread that cost out over a five-year period. Without the passage of such an ordinance, the township would have had to account for the full amount during a single budget year – 2013. Then, moments later, council members unanimously approved a $729,780 contract with …

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Revaluation Bids Range from $1.02 Million to $730,000

On Wednesday, Lawrence Township officials opened five bids that were submitted by companies seeking to perform the township-wide property revaluation. The bids must now be reviewed for compliance before a contract is rewarded.