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Wisconsin-Madison recruit
broke a pair of her own WIAA
Division 1 individual state
records Saturday and wrapped
up one of the most decorated
prep careers in state history with
a pair of relay victories. It was
the first time in her career Nelson was able to help the Wildcats
win gold in all four of her events
inside the UW Natatorium.
Our relays were unbelievable
today, and I couldnt be more
proud of my teammates, Nelson
said. Today was a great way to
go out.
Though Nelson admitted to
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Nelson charges
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the 100-yard
backstroke
at Saturdays
WIAA Division 1
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Nelson bettered
her state record
by more than a
second to win
the event for a
fourth straight
year in 52.13.
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Photo by Jeremy
Jones
Board seeks
least bad fix
for GE squeeze
Glacier Edge Elementary
School.
Instead, theyre looking
for the least bad idea of
all the bad ideas, as board
president Dennis Beres put
Scott Girard
it Monday. The board has
Unified Newspaper Group
a somewhat narrowed list
of potential options but left
V e r o n a A r e a s c h o o l open the possibility of
board members arent sure and hoped for adding to
they will find a good soluTurn to Space/Page 5
tion to the space crunch at
Moving fifth-grade,
charters among
remaining options
Photos by Scott Girard
Saluting service
Verona held its Veterans Day ceremony at Hometown Junction
Park, with veterans from the area gathering to watch the flags of
the different military branches and the U.S. flag raised. Senior
center director Mary Hanson also thanked veterans for their service and a luncheon followed the ceremony at the senior center.
Above, Verona Area High School student Emily Marckesano leads
attendees in the national anthem while the U.S. flag is raised.
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held their 20th annual event at Badger Ridge Middle School, while St. Christopher Parish held their
Christmas bazaar and luncheon across the street at St. Andrew Church.
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Board opposes
referendum rules
change proposal
Letter sent to
legislators
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Boundary deal
The Town and City of Verona held an informational meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10 to answer
questions and get feedback on a proposed boundary deal. Residents and public officials
from both municipalities filled the meeting room at the Verona Fire Department to hear
from Town Chair Mark Geller, Mayor Jon Hochkammer and others and look at maps of
the proposed zones. A proposed timeline for the project calls for the full draft agreement
to be available by late January 2016, public hearings in February and final approval in
February or March.
Above, Town Chair Mark Geller speaks to the room of attendees.
Left, town administrator Amanda Arnold, left, shows town residents Marcy and Brad
Legreid how the proposed changes could affect their property. The couple said theyve
been town residents for decades and hope to remain in the town.
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Local effects
Willett said Verona area
residents will feel the effects
of the tax increase, though
some will benefit from the
increased wages for county
workers.
We have a lot of Dane
County employees in Verona,
and we did have a significant
increase for our county workers, which we havent had for
years, he said. Its nice, if
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Were just going to
have to figure out the best
solution among the options
we have, said Ken Behnke, who has been on the
board for 20 years. Ive
seen a lot of changes in
the district, and in the
end, somethings going to
work.
On the table
Many of the options outlined on a list in the board
packet resulted in fifth
grade being moved out
of GE, something board
members Joanne Gauthier,
Derrell Connor and Renee
Zook said they opposed.
Were looking at moving a grade from one elementary school, and thats
incredibly an inconsistent
experience for the students
at that one school, Zook
said.
Tom Duerst, who originally proposed that idea,
was not at the meeting.
Behnke, though, said he
was intrigued by the
fifth-grade idea.
To him, the least palatable solution was portable
classrooms, which he called
a last resort. Buildings
and grounds supervisor Ken
Kietzke told the board that
after a brief Internet search
and conversation with one
company, he estimated a
portable building that would
house two classrooms and
two bathrooms could cost
more than $160,000 for two
years. Thats a little over
$40,000 per classroom per
year, Gorrell said.
Even if the board liked
the idea of portable classrooms, the districts property at GE is likely not suitable for one. Kietzke also
said the City of Verona
would have to review the
building through its respective planning commission.
Another option floated
by buildings and grounds
was adding to Savanna
Oaks Middle School, which
likely would have a higher
cost than the portables but
would be a permanent,
usable space for the district.
Finding available
rooms
Flexibility could be key
to finding ways to use the
space the district already
has open in other buildings
outside of GE.
If we know we have
available space, why would
we pay for a portable classroom? Zook asked.
The buildings and
grounds employees had
compiled a list of open
space at each building
around the district, but
using it comes with a similar set of problems.
Just as with other decisions the board will have
to make on GE, using any
classroom or other space in
schools would affect programs at those schools and
require more adjustments.
At Country View Elementary School, for example, the music and art
rooms could provide up to
two classrooms each, but
those programs would need
to relocate somewhere else.
Other options there and
around the district could
involve relocating storage
Short-term focus
The immediacy of the GE
problem has some board
members rethinking their
approach to building that
new school and planning
for more in the future.
Some board members
Monday pushed to move
a referendum for building
that school to the November 2016 presidential election date in hopes of speeding up the process. In recent
weeks, the discussion had
generally been to hold it in
April 2017.
Voters approved the
purchase of the Herfel
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The Verona Area School District will send out a survey to parents about the potential changes to schools.
Who it will go to is a matter of debate, though. Monday night, superintendent Dean Gorrell and public
information officer Kelly Kloepping said it would be
sent to all elementary and middle school parents, along
with another version for teachers.
Board members questioned that approach, because it
would include parents who are unlikely to be affected
by the decisions being made to fix the Glacier Edge
space crunch.
"I just don't think personally my opinion matters if
you're going to start sending fifth-grade over to Savanna Oaks, said board member Joanne Gauthier, who has
kids at Core Knowledge Charter School. You're not
affecting my kids.
Board members requested the survey at least include
a question about what school the parents child attends
to give them a better understanding of who is responding.
Gorrell requested all comments on the survey from
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the list.
While some board members expressed adamant
opposition to particular
suggestions, like moving
fifth grade, there was no
consensus Monday about
removing any ideas from
the list.
But other plans, such
as moving the Two Way
Immersion program (which
has three classes at GE),
temporarily redrawing
school boundaries or adding costly portable classrooms, werent much better
received.
Theres problems with
every one of these, Beres
said.
GEs enrollment has
boomed in recent years,
largely because the fastgrowing Cathedral Point
and Scenic Ridge subdivisions have brought a
quick increase in the lower
grades, up to 589 students
total, right at the schools
capacity. The current kindergarten class is 114 students, but only 99 students
will graduate from fifth
grade at the end of the
school year, which suggests
the problem could intensify
next year.
The board began looking for a way to stem the
schools growing enrollment earlier this fall, and
Zook and Beres each added
a possible solution to the
list.
Rather than moving fifthgrade students who have
been at GE for five years
already, Zook suggested
finding out how many kids
are not yet in school from
the Cathedral Point and
Scenic Ridge neighborhoods and reroute them
somewhere else until a new
school south of Cathedral
Point is ready in three or
four years.
Beres mentioned a parent-submitted idea of housing GEs kindergarten
classes at daycares the district works with for 4K. He
acknowledged it might be
unlikely, but superintendent
Dean Gorrell said administrators would at least reach
out to daycares to find out
if theres potential.
While administrators
gather more data, including how much space each
school has, board members
will weigh options for a
decision that likely needs
to come by January at the
Theres problems
with every one of
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Churches
Games day
Celebrate International Games Day
at the library on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Children in grades 3 through 6 can play
Dungeons and Dragons from 10 a.m. to
noon, while kids grades 7 through 12 can
take over from 2-4 p.m. Tabletop games
will also be available from 1-4 p.m.
Register in advance by calling 8457180.
Bake-a-Thon Days
Community calendar
Thursday, November 19
Friday, November 20
Saturday, November 21
Monday, November 23
Tuesday, November 24
at 848-2499 or kitchen@bpnn.org.
Thanksgiving meals
The Memorial Baptist Church, 201 S.
Main St., will host a free Thanksgiving
meal from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 26.
Everyone in the community is invited to attend. Advance reservations are
requested to attend the meal, but not
required. Delivery and carry-out meals
are also available for Verona area residents or those who work in the Verona
area. Call at least a day in advance. Volunteer opportunities are available.
For information or to make a reservation, call 845-7125 or email office@
mbcverona.org.
Monday, November 30
Tuesday, December 1
4-8 p.m., Stop Motion Studio (ages 6-8 p.m., Estate planning presentation, library, 845-7180
11-18), library, 845-7180
6:30 p.m., Town Board meeting,
Wednesday, November 25
Town Hall
12:30-1:30 p.m., Sing-Along with
Thursday, December 3
Leon, senior center, 845-7471
7:30
p.m., VACT A Very Merry
4:30-5:30 p.m., Tech Time with
Hometown Christmas (also 7:30
Tim, senior center, 845-7471
p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
6 p.m., Library closes
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday),
Verona Area Performing Arts
Thursday, November 26
Center, vact.org
All city facilities closed
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thanksgiving
Friday, December 4
meal, Memorial Baptist Church, 201 Hometown Holidays
S. Main St., 845-7125
5 p.m., Holiday Tree Lighting,
Central Park
Friday, November 27
5:30-7 p.m., Chili Supper, Santa
All city facilities closed
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Parents Day Out visit, senior center
Black Friday Edition, VACT, 405
Saturday, December 5
Bruce St., alyssamdvorak@gmail.
Hometown Holidays
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10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Red Cross
Sunday, December 6
Blood Drive, State Bank of Cross
Plains, 108 N. Main St., 1-800-733- Hometown Holidays
2767
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Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
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Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
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Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are
between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, Nov. 19
7 a.m. Hearing Loss Coping
Strategies at Senior Center
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Sing-along at
Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Senior Center Redo
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Homecoming 2015
at Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona Cemetery at
Historical Society
Friday, Nov. 20
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. - Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. Chuckwagon at
Senior Center
4 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
5 p.m. - 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. - Chuckwagon at
Senior Center
10 p.m. - Hearing Loss
Coping Strategies at Senior
Center
11 p.m. Singalong at Senior
Center
Saturday, Nov. 21
8 a.m. - Committee of the
Whole from 11-16-15
11 a.m. - Chuckwagon at
Senior Center
Verona
Sesquecentenial at Historical
Society
11 p.m. - Singalong at Senior
Center
Monday, Nov. 23
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. - Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. - Chuckwagon at
Senior Center
4 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
5 p.m. - 2014 Wildcats
Football
7 p.m. - Common Council
Live
9 p.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Hearing Loss
Coping Strategies at Senior
Center
11 p.m. Singalong at Senior
Center
Tuesday, Nov. 24
7 a.m. Hearing Loss Coping
Strategies at Senior Center
10 a.m.- Zumba Gold
9 a.m. - Daily Exercise
10 a.m. - Singalong at Senior
Center
2 p.m.- Zumba Gold
3 p.m. - Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
6 p.m. - Resurrection Church
8 p.m. - Senior Center Redo
9 p.m. - Veterans Day 2015 at
Senior Center
10
p.m.
Verona
Sesquecentenial at Historical
Society
Wednesday, Nov. 25
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. - Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. Chuckwagon at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Common Council
from 11-23-15
7 p.m. - Capital City Band
8 p.m. Chuckwagon at
Senior Center
Verona
Sesquecentenial at Historical
Society
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
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Girls golf
Senior Bailey Smith (above) was named to the second-team All-State, and she added Academic All-State and first-team AllBig Eight Conference honors.
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UW-Oshkosh Invitational, a
meet in which she finished
third. The all-conference designation is Hernandezs first.
The 2015 All-WIAC Womens Golf Team was determined by the NCAA Division
III GolfStat rankings immediately following the conclusion
of the conference championship.
Boys soccer
Senior Victoria Brisack (16), senior Julie Touchett (3), seniors Grace Mueller and Kylie Schmaltz
(not pictured) were all named to the first-team All-Big Eight Conference squad this season.
After finishing 9-0 in the Big Eight Conference regular season and taking runner-up
in the conference tournament, the Verona
Area High School volleyball team earned
three first-team All-Big Eight selections.
Senior setter Victoria Brisack, senior outside hitter Kylie Schmaltz, senior middle
blocker Julie Touchett and senior middle
blocker Grace Mueller all led Veronas
selections.
Brisack, who earned Big Eight Player of
the Year, had 1,005 assists finishing with
3,197 assists for her high school career 172
goalie.
West (7-0-2), Middleton
The Wildcats finished 0-4- (7-1-1) and Sun Prairie (6-24 in the Big Eight. Madison 1) were the top three teams.
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From left, Grace Mueller (University of Wisconsin-Madison womens basketball), Victoria Brisack (Indiana University womens volleyball), Beata Nelson (University of Wisconsin-Madison womens swimming), Ben Rortvedt (University of Arkansas baseball) and Keaton
Knueppel (Gonzaga University baseball) signed their National Letters of Intent for their respective Division I sports Wednesday, Nov. 11,
at the Verona Area High School commons.
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Kira Opsal signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at NCAA Division II Winona State (Minn.) University Wednesday at
Verona Area High School.
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Swimming: Verona/Mount Horeb finishes fourth overall, freshman Benin gets four medals
pretty hard turnaround.
Nelson, who plans to
compete in the Olympic
Trials next year, finished
her career with 12 state
titles, tying Jamie Belfor
of Shorewood, Jane Evans
of Madison Memorial and
Kylsie Grimes of Arrowhead for the third-most in
state history during their
careers.
Arrowheads Andrea
Boritzke won the most
titles with 16.
Nelson became just the
14th girl in state history to
repeat as a four-time event
winner.
Freshmen Grace Bennin of Mount Horeb also
medaled four times for VA/
MH, posting best times
every time she hit the water
Saturday.
Verona reached as high
as second as a team Saturday but tied a team-best
state finish as a team, placing fourth.
It was a great season,
VA/MH coach Bill Wuerger said. I think this is the
best team weve ever had in
our program.
Record-setter
Nelson swam the lead
backstroke leg of the 2,000yard medley relay to start
the meet, splitting a time
of 24.81 seconds. Bennin,
Caroline Smith and junior
Kristi Larsen helped the
Wildcats posted a 1:43.96
to best Arrowhead by more
than a second.
I wasnt as nervous as
I was anticipating for that
first relay because I felt
confident that we had the
drive and were determined
enough to put it down and
get it done, Nelson said.
Verona Area/Mount Horeb juniors (from left) Maizie Seidl and Kristi
Larsen, senior Beata Nelson and freshman Grace Bennin wait to
receive their first-place medals inside the UW-Madison Natatorium
at Saturdays WIAA Division 1 girls state swimming meet. The
Wildcats 200-yard freestyle relay team posted a meet-best 1:33.97
to hold off Arrowhead.
T hanksgiving
D eaDlines
Saying goodbye
Saturday was the final
meet for Nelson and VerVoort.
I almost dont want to
leave here (the Natatorium),
because if I do its officially done, said Nelson, who
acknowledged getting a
little emotional on the 100
backstroke podium.
It all soaks in and is very
real as you look up to the
crowd for the last time and
be a high school athlete,
she said. Im very proud of
everything my team and I
have accomplished the past
four years and I cant wait
to see what the program
does when I leave. Ill be
right here in Madison and
able to watch it and support
my Wildcats.
Nelson said she wont
take any time off following state and will go right
into training for the Olympic Trials, which take place
next summer.
Its the trial year, so its
a pretty important training
season, she said. I might
take a day, but Ill probably go right into training
because I have the Senior
National meet in Seattle in
about a month.
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2015-16
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calendar
Sept. 12 to Jan. 3
(Jan. 31 in metro subunits): Archery/crossbow
season
Nov. 2129 (Dec. 9 in
metro subunits): Nine-day
gun deer season
Nov. 30 to Dec. 9:
Muzzleloader-only season
Dec. 10-13: Four-day
antlerless-only hunt
* No antlerless Holiday
Hunt in 2015
Popular pasttime
According to the U.S.
Census Bureaus latest
5-year National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Data, Wisconsin is No. 2
in the nation in total resident
(around 763,000) and nonresident (around 131,000)
hunters. Of those, 88 percent
participated in deer hunting,
by far the most popular form
of hunting in the state.
All hunting-related
expenditures in the state
totaled $2.5 billion in 2011,
the year of the last survey.
Find out
more
For more information
regarding deer hunting
in Wisconsin, visit
dnr.wi.gov and search
keyword deer.
Send us your
photos
If you or someone in
your family have the
good fortune and skill
to bag a trophy buck
this year, email a photo
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to the newspaper at
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CWD update
The Wisconsin DNR is
hoping to test at least 4,000
harvested deer for Chronic
Wasting Disease this hunting season. Free CWD
sampling will be available
to hunters if they wish at
participating stations. As
of last year, the disease
had been found in 18 of
Wisconsins 72 counties,
according to the DNR.
Top four
State
Rate (%)
Iowa 90.5
Nebraska 89.7
Wisconsin 88.6
New Jersey 88.6
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DISCONTINUANCE OF A
PUBLIC WAY OAK GROVE
ROAD IN THE
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Town of Verona Hall
335 N. Nine Mound Rd,
Verona, WI
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NOTICE OF HEARING
DISCONTINUANCE OF A
PORTION OF A PUBLIC WAY
WESNER ROAD IN THE
TOWN OF VERONA
Town of Verona Hall
335 N. Nine Mound Rd,
Verona, WI
2015
NOTICE OF SCHOOL
BOARD ELECTION
Verona Area
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April 5, 2016
TOWN OF VERONA
PLAN COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Regular meeting
Monday,
November 23, 2015,
6:30 p.m.
Town of Verona Hall,
335 North Nine Mound Rd
***
Notice
The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on Monday December 7, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at
City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following planning and zoning matters:
1) Conditional Use Permit for a
proposed Indoor Commercial Entertainment land use, known as Toot and
Kates Wine Bar, to be located at 103
South Main Street.
2) Conditional Use Permit for a
proposed Indoor Commercial Entertainment land use, known as Fitness in the
608, to be located at 807 Liberty Drive.
3) Proposed General Development
Plan (GDP) for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow for the construction
of a mixed-use project containing 36
apartment units and 3,770 square feet of
commercial space located at 142 Paoli
Street.
Interested persons may comment
on these planning and zoning matters
during the public hearings at the December 7, 2015 Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations on these matters, which
will then be reviewed by the Common
Council for final decisions on Monday,
December 14th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on these
items or to receive copies of the submittals.
Holly Licht,
Deputy Clerk
Published: November 19 and 25, 2015
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Lincoln Street and the Common Council
will hold a Public Hearing on Monday
December 14, 2015 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following matter:
1) Subdivision Regulations text
amendment to create Section 14-1-
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near the 3 percent increase
that had been originally
proposed, nor even any
direct references to that
plan. The only amendments
offered, in fact, were two
essentially parallel plans for
a tiny tweak to make taxes a
more exact flat zero percent
change from last year.
While there were no votes
Monday as the format
doesnt allow for it alders
showed clear agreement
over the numerous provisions of the budget heading
into next Monday nights
public hearing, when the
council is expected to take
formal action.
Nobody asked to change
the proposed $20,000 contribution to the Badger
Prairie Needs Network, the
additional staffing needed
to bring the fire department
to 24/7 service, the additional help for the library
or the public works reorganization thats being done
to prepare for director Ron
Rieders 2016 retirement.
Two years after the council went down to the wire
with a five-hour debate
after the public hearing and
22 amendments, the majority of discussion in Mondays 50-minute meeting
was a series of clarifying
questions and assorted comments about how either
of the two offered amendments would be acceptable
and about the general concept of incurring debt.
Ald. Mac McGilvray
Budget proposal
Budget
Levy Mill rate Change
2014 final
$8.5 million $6.77* +3%*
2015 requested
$10.5 million
$7 +3.3%
2015 final
$10.1 million
$6.7 -1%
2016 requested
$11.2 million
$7.01 +4.5%
2016 Mayor recommended $11 million
$6.90 +3%
2016 published
$10.7 million
$6.70 -0.1%
Notes: 2015 taxes are applied to the 2016 budget; numbers
do not include TIF
* Based on equalized value because 2014 was a
reassessment year
Fund allocations
Fund
Police impact
Fire impact
Library impact
Unassigned (reserve)
Amount Available
2014
$165,000 $1.1 million $165,000
$220,000 $700,000 $220,000
$45,000 $300,000
$10,000
$200,000 $2.1 million $200,000
Mill rate
increases
2015 proposed: 0 percent
2014: -1 percent
2013: 3 percent*
2012: 1.95 percent
2011: 1.5 percent
2010: 3.7 percent**
2009: 3 percent**
2008: 0 percent
2007: 0 percent*
2006: 3 percent
2005: 2 percent
* Based on equalized
value (reassessment year)
* Effective rate for average homeowner was 1.5
percent higher because
of addition of stormwater
utility fee
services, you have to make
investments and borrow
money.
Mayor Jon Hochkammer,
who had proposed the larger
tax increase with an eye on
limiting extra debt this year
and ensuring the city could
continue to get expenditure restraint funds in
future years, agreed with
that assessment.
This isnt just a oneyear process, he said. We
approve annual budgets, but
we really take a look into
the future.
is beginning to increase
again after relying more
heavily on the use of debt
during the recession. Those
two costs are expected to
account for about half of
the roughly $1 million in
additional spending authorization the city will have as
a result of the TIF closure.
The amendments
That big picture set the
backdrop for a discussion
over the two amendments,
one of which would have
spared $6,650 from being
borrowed.
That amount was something Ald. Luke Diaz (Dist.
3) noticed in the calculations that were presented,
that the request for a flat
tax rate actually ended
up at a cut of 0.1 percent.
Rather than a cut of $1.25
per household that the
average homeowner is not
going to notice, he suggested reducing the amount
of road maintenance work
funded by debt by that
amount.
Burns and Engelke took
that same idea and suggested instead putting it into a
personnel contingency to
simplify any actions that
might come out of the public works restructuring or
the hiring of the city clerk.
Any leftover money would
simply return to the citys
fund balance.
Alders unofficially
agreed the staff amendment
was preferable and generally indicated support for
either one.
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