Local Board of Appeal and Equalization

The Local Board of Appeal and Equalization is a City Council appointed board consisting of five residents with real estate backgrounds. The Board arbitrates disputes between property owners and the City concerning property class or market value assessments. The Board has the authority to decrease, sustain or increase the market value of a property.

Note: The Board of Review acts as the state-mandated Local Board of Appeal and Equalization for the City pursuant to Section 7.04 of the City Charter.

Meeting location, schedule, minutes
Duties and responsibilities
Members and their terms
Staff liaison

Meeting location, schedule, agendas, minutes

Meetings are typically the second and fourth Wednesdays in April, with an orientation meeting during the first week of April. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, located in Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road.

Online calendar: Links to meeting schedule and minutes. Browse for meetings that have been posted. Approved minutes are added as they become available.

Duties and responsibilities

Local Board of Appeal and Equalization

The purpose of the Board shall be to conduct hearings and to make final property classification and assessment determinations.

Section 2.81 of the Bloomington City Code charges the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization (Board of Review) with the following duties:

To conduct annual meetings and hearings as required to fulfill its duties hereunder;
To determine whether taxable property in the City has been properly placed on the assessment list and properly valued by the Assessor;
To place omitted real or personal property on the assessment list with is market value;
Upon application of a property owner or taxpayer, to review the classification of real or personal property and to correct it as it appears just; and
Upon application of a property owner or taxpayer, to review the assessment of real or personal property and to decrease, sustain, or increase market values as it appears just.

Commissioners and their terms

Commissioner	Position	Term of office
Eric Bjorklund	Member	2011 - 2012
Dwight Dahlen	Member	2012 - 2013
Clay M. Dodd	Member	2012 - 2013
Dale Hildestad	Member	2012 - 2013
Thomas Meyers	Member	2011 - 2012

Staff liaison

Local Board of Appeal and Equalization's staff liaison is Mark Anderson, Chief Residential Appraiser, for the City's Assessing Office.

For more information, contact:

Mark Anderson, Assessing Division
PH: 952-563-8706, TTY: 952-563-8740
E-mail: manderson@ci.bloomington.mn.us