The State of Connecticut has granted Westports request to postpone its 2003 property assessment for a year, First Selectwoman Diane Goss Farrell said today.
In a news release, Farrell said she received the word from Marc S. Ryan, secretary of the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.
She said Ryan granted a waiver to the town ғwhereby no penalties will be assessed on state grants for failure to implement a revaluation on all real property.
Farrell announced March 4 that she would seek a one-year delay in implementing the town’s property assessment and had placed Assessor Glenn Werfelman on a 30-day leave of absence.
Her action followed disclosure that there was a multi-year backlog of permits that had not been calculated into the assessment as well as protests that some of the assessments were either too high or too low.
The Town of Westport is grateful to the State of Connecticut for taking into consideration issues faced by the town during the most recent revaluation,Ӕ Farrell said.
“This decision by the state to waive any penalties enables the town to properly evaluate the Grant List, update the permits backlog, and move forward with a more reliable 2005 tax year.”
