Board of Review

Meetings

• As Posted

Members

• Andrew Harr, Member
  Appointment Date: February 8, 2016
  Term Ends: 2028
• Marissa Cavaliere, Member
  Appointment Date: December 13, 2021
  Term Ends: 2028
• Michael McCuish, Member
  Appointment Date: February 7, 2022
  Term Ends: 2025
• Jody Bruce, Alternate
  Appointment Date: January 9, 2023
  Term Ends: 2028
• Paul Szmigiel, Alternate
  Term Ends: 2025

Three Year Term Ending December 31st

Overview

The Board of Review is required under the Michigan General Property tax law, Act 206, 1893, as amended. The Board consists of one- three-member board, appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the City Council.

Based on the Michigan General Property Tax Law, the Board reviews the annual assessment roll and hears appeals of real and person property assessments. The Board of Review meets each March to review the annual assessment roll and to hear real and personal property assessment appeals.

The board also corrects "clerical errors, mutual mistakes of fact, and homestead status" relative to the current and prior year's assessment rolls. The Board also meets in July and December for the purpose of correcting "clerical errors and mutual mistakes of fact".

To be considered for an opening of a Commission please fill out a Board Application (PDF) form and return to the City Clerks Office. For all other general questions regarding the Board of Review and Property Assessment, email the City Assessor or call 313-822-6200, ext. 281.

Please Note: At this time, the City Assessor's office is open from 8 am to 4 pm on Thursdays.

Duties & Functions

For the purpose of revising and correcting assessments, the Board of Review shall have the same powers and perform like duties in all respects as are by the general tax laws conferred upon and required of boards of review in townships, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. It shall hear the complaints of all persons considering themselves aggrieved by assessments, and if it shall appear that any person or property has been wrongfully assessed or omitted from the roll, the Board shall correct the roll in such manner as it deems just. In all cases the roll shall be reviewed according to the facts existing on the tax day and no change in the status of any property after said day shall be considered by the Board in making its decisions. Except as otherwise provided by statute, no person other than the Board of Review shall make or authorize any change upon, or additions or corrections to, the assessment roll. It shall be the duty of the Assessor to keep a permanent record of all proceedings and to enter therein all resolutions and decisions of the Board.