Agreeably to the provisions of Title 32, Vermont Statutes Annotated, Section 4111, notice is hereby given that the undersigned Assessor within and for the City of Essex Junction has this day completed the abstract of property owners as of the first day of April 2025. The Assessor has this same day lodged the abstract in the office of the clerk for the inspection of taxpayers.
Change of Assessment Notices were mailed on this same day to property owners who had a change in their property assessment. In addition, notices were mailed to property owners due to a new allocation of a homestead/house site value based on the most recently filed homestead declaration. Not all property owners will receive a notice.
Please note, regardless of whether you receive one of the above notices, all property owners have the right to grieve their property assessment.
All grievances must be in writing and submitted to the Assessor on or before July 8, 2025, via email, postage, in person, or drop off lock box located at 81 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT. Owners will need to provide an email address or phone number when submitting the written grievance, along with documents supporting what they feel is the fair market value of the subject property. Property owners may conduct their grievance solely in writing but may also request a hearing to present their case.
Grievances received or postmarked after 4:00 pm on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, will not be heard.
If requested, the Assessor will contact the property owner(s) with a scheduled grievance time and information for the scheduled hearing. Note: Grievers must be the owner(s) of record as of April 1st but can assign a new owner or other agent to be their representative. A signed statement from the owner of record that grants the representative permission to grieve must be provided by the time of the grievance hearing.
For your convenience an online grievance application can be obtained via https://www.essexvt.org/DocumentCenter/View/5007/Grievance-Application
Grievance hearings will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in person from 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Grievance hearings will be held in the first-floor conference room at the Town of Essex Offices located at 81 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT.
At the close of grievance hearings, the Assessor shall make such corrections in the abstract as were determined upon hearing or otherwise. Unless cause to the contrary is shown, the contents of said abstract will, for the tax year 2025, become the grand list of the City of Essex Junction of each taxpayer named therein.
Signed at City of Essex Junction, in the County of Chittenden this 23rd day of June 2025.
Karen K. Lemnah, Assessor City of Essex Junction