Reval gears 

up again

PUTNAM --- Rande Chmura, tax assessor, said the reval team is becoming active again. Letters are being mailed to real estate owners whose properties were not inspected last spring/summer.

The letters ask the owner to call and schedule an appointment for an interior inspection. These properties were visited twice, but no one was home to let them in. The window envelopes are printed with Tyler Technologies, c/o Putnam Assessor's Office, 126 Church St., Putnam,  CT 06260.

According to the town's contract with Tyler, only 50 percent of all the parcels in Putnam will be inspected. The other 50 percent will be getting, in the next week or so, a "Data Mailer." This form lists certain items to be confirmed by the property owner such as number of bedrooms, bathrooms, room count, finished basement area. Owners will be asked to verify the information the town currently has on their property. If an owner receives a data mailer this year, they will not be inspected again until the next revaluation takes effect in 2019.

Chmura said plans are to mail the new assessment notices in November.

She urges anyone with questions or needing more information to call the Assessor's Office at 860-963-6802.