Town Notifications

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING NOTICE

Route 98 Rehabilitation and Safety Improvements Project

NYS Thruway to West Saile Drive

                        DATE:            Thursday, July 25, 2024

                        TIME:              7:00 PM

                        LOCATION:   Batavia Town Hall

                        ADDRESS:   3833 West Main Street Road, Batavia, NY

Project: The project involves the reconstruction of Route 98 from the NYS Thruway bridge to West Saile Drive and includes widening the pavement from two lanes to three lanes with left turn lanes at Federal Drive and Call Parkway and a two-way left turn lane elsewhere. The project also includes new signing, striping, guide rail and improvements at West Saile Drive.

Agenda: At the meeting we will discuss the existing conditions, needs and objectives for the project, proposed design as well as the project schedule and anticipated costs.

Special Arrangements: All are welcome to attend this meeting. If you require special arrangements (translators, handicap accessibility etc.) please contact Steve Tanner at (585) 813-7246.

The June Town Board meeting will be on June 26, 2024, as the Town Hall will be closed on June 19, 2024, due to the holiday. The time of the meeting will be 5 p.m.

The Town Board will hold a Special Town Meeting on June 12th, 2024 @ 5:30p.m. located at Town Hall

On Thursday, May 23, the Clerk’s office will be closed due to our staff participating in The United Way Day of Caring and giving back to our community. Thank you.

ROAD WORK – PAVING

BATAVIA/BETHANY TOWNLINE ROAD –MAY 21^st and 22^nd, 2024

To all motorists, businesses, and property owners along Batavia/Bethany Townline Rd in the Town of Batavia:

Batavia/Bethany Townline Rd will be paved on May 21 and 22 between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM.  

The roadway will be closed to all through traffic on Batavia/Bethany Townline Road between Shepard Road and Bethany Center Road while paving operations occur.  Through traffic is advised to seek alternate routes. 

Residents and Property owners of Batavia/ Bethany Townline Road between Shepard Road and Bethany Center Road will have access to their property but should expect delays.  

Emergency services will be permitted through. 

All other traffic is asked to seek alternate routes.

This work is weather dependent.  If work is delayed it will be rescheduled for the next available date.

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If there are any questions concerning this work, please contact The Town of Batavia – Highway Department at (585) 343-1729 Extension 218.

Thank you for your cooperation in advance. 

Town of Batavia Assessor announces mailing of preliminary assessment values as part of the Assessment Update Project, Full Value Assessments will be mailed to property owners in the Town of Batavia starting April 10.

Town Assessor, Rhonda M Saulsbury, announces beginning April 10th, 2024, Change of Assessment Notices will be mailed to property owners within the Town.  Instructions will be included with each notice indicating the procedure for requesting an informal review, how to obtain forms and where to get information.  Ms. Saulsbury reminds property owners to review the full market value estimate found on the Change of Assessment Notification. If you do not agree with this estimate AND can offer proof for a change, you can follow the process of filing a challenge.  Informal reviews will be held during the months of April & May.  Appointments are required with email submissions preferable. 

Information regarding property assessments, inventory data and sale information will be available beginning April online at: https://townofbatavia.prosgar.com

The Town of Batavia strives to maintain a 100% equalization rate (sale price to assessment ratio) which means that we aim to keep our assessments at 100% full market value across all property types. To accomplish this we do regular re-valuations and make adjustments accordingly during the assessment update project. Values can adjust due to both physical changes and/or market changes. 

As part of this process, we run each property through our appraisal software system, comparing the building style, square footage, year built, bedrooms, baths, lot size, et cetera, against the recent sale data. We then do field review to determine the fair full market value based on the aforementioned data.