WHO WILL HEAR MY APPEAL?
Your Board will be made up of a Chair, (either the Board’s Chair or one of his two deputies), assisted by two Board members, one selected from the Trade Union Side Panel and the other from the Management Side Panel. All members of the CSAB, except the Chair, are retired civil servants who have many years Human Resources Management experience either through their positions in management or through their trade union activism. It has been the policy of the Cabinet Office, which sponsor the CSAB, since the early 1980’s to appoint an experienced personnel practitioner from the private sector as Chair of the Board as the best way to demonstrate the independence of the Board. All appointments to the CSAB are made in line with guidance on public appointments to advisory non-departmental public bodies issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Prospective Board Members are selected for interview from those nominated either by the Council of Civil Service Unions for the tr
A tax appeal hearing is a public meeting presided over by a tax commissioner or commissioners. The Mercer County Board of Taxation consists of 3 members appointed by the governor. The Tax Board Commissioners are appointed primarily to hear disputes involving assessments. Once you have filed your tax appeal, a hearing before the Mercer County Tax Board is scheduled. The municipality is the opposing party and will be represented by the municipal attorney. The assessor or an appraiser may also appear at your hearing as an expert witness. At the hearing, taxpayers are required to present their opinion of true market value as of October 1 of the pre tax year. top of page • Is a hearing always necessary? Yes, a hearing is always necessary. If the assessor, municipal attorney, and taxpayer agree to a settlement or the issues are otherwise resolved, it may not be necessary for you to attend your hearing, particularly if a signed settlement stipulation is submitted to the Tax Board for their ap
The appeal will be heard by three people drawn from a panel of members, which is made up of parents, governors of other schools, teachers, other persons with experience of education and “lay” members (people who have no experience of education). The panel hearing the appeal will introduce themselves to you immediately before the hearing starts. At the hearing the panel will have copies of both the written submission prepared by us and the information which you have provided. A member should not normally hear your appeal if he or she knows you directly, is a governor of your preferred school or has been involved in your case previously. Where and when will my appeal be heard? The section that arranges appeals and sends you an invite letter is called The Governance Support Unit, which is independent from Education Leeds. Usually appeals are held in the Civic Hall in Leeds but other venues have been used for example Morley and Pudsey Town Halls. You are told the date and time of your appe
