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WHEREAS, on December 26, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul issued Executive
Order No. 11, declaring a State disaster emergency for the entire State of
New York due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, this State disaster emergency has resulted in limited hours in
municipal offices in the Town of Cortlandville and rendered senior citizens
and individuals with disabilities residing in the Town of
Cortlandville homebound. These factors combined have made it difficult, if
not impossible, for many in these populations to file their real property tax
exemption applications in person and many, further, lack the ability to file
such applications online; and
WFIEREAS, in recognition of the above problems caused by the pandemic,
Governor Hochul issued Executive Order No. 11.1 on December 26, 2021,
thereby extending Executive Order No. 11. This extension of the Governor's
Executive Order modifies subdivisions 7, 7-a and 8 of section 459-c of the
Real Property Tax Law and subdivisions 5, 5-a, 5-b, 5-c and 6 of section 467
of the Real Property Tax Law, the effect of which permits the governing
body of an assessing unit (i.e., the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville
to adopt a Resolution directing the Assessor to grant exemptions on the
2022 assessment roll to all property owners who received such exemptions
on the 2021 assessment roll (i.e., senior citizens and individuals with
disabilities with limited income), thereby dispensing with the need for such
persons to file renewal applications to request such exemptions, and
further dispensing with the requirement that assessors mail renewal
applications to such persons; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order 11.1 further allows the governing body of said
assessing unit, in any such Resolution, at its option, to include procedures
by which its Town Assessor may require a renewal application to be filed if
he has reason to believe that an owner who qualified for the exemption on
the 2021 assessment roll may have since changed his or her primary
residence, added another owner to the deed, transferred the property to a
new owner or died; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said Executive Order, the Town Board of the Town
of Cortlandville wishes to adopt such Resolution directing the Town
Assessor of the Town of Cortlandville to grant exemptions on the 2022
assessment roll to all eligible senior citizens and individuals with disabilities
with limited income, and granting the Town Assessor of the Town of
Cortlandville the authority to require renewal applications for due cause, as
discussed above, utilizing procedures outlined below;
NOW THEREFRE, E IT RES®LVE®, pursuant to the authority granted by
Executive Order No. 11.1, issued by the Governor of the State of New York,
that the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville hereby directs the Town
Assessor of the Town of Cortlandville to:
I. Grant exemptions on the 2022 assessment roll to all individuals who
received the senior exemption on the 2021 assessment roll and all
individuals who received the exemption on the 2021 assessment roll
because they were recognized as a person with disabilities and limited
income, thereby dispensing with the need for any such individuals to file
renewal applications for such exemptions, except that;
2. The Town Assessor may, in his sole discretion, require a renewal
application to be timely filed with his office if he has reason to believe that
any such individual, who qualified for the aforementioned exemption on
the 2021 assessment roll, may have since changed their primary residence,
added another owner to the deed for the relevant property, transferred
such property to a new owner or died. If the Town Assessor requires such
renewal application be filed, he shall notify the owner of the subject
property of such requirement by regular mail, with such notice shall
containing instructions on how to file the renewal application. Said renewal
application may be returned by mail or by making an appointment to drop
same off at the Town Assessor's office, 3577 Terrace Road, Cortland, N.Y.
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Hearing no objection, the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville, Cortland
County, N.Y, pursuant to the authority granted by Executive Order No. 11 01
issued by the Governor of the State of New York, does hereby direct the
Town Assessor of the Town of Cortlandville to grant exemptions on the
2022 assessment roll in accordance with the Resolution attached hereto.
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