Local Districts Set Tax Levy’s
10/27/09 - The tax rate for the Beaver Dam School District was set last night by the school board. Residents will see a 5.6-percent increase over last year to $8.88 per $1,000 of assessed value. That means a person whose property is worth $150,000 would pay around $1,330 for the school portion of their tax bill.
The Randolph School Board approved a $5.8 million budget yesterday that will increase the overall tax levy about 12.8 percent over last year. Board members said the increase is largely a result of decreased state aid. Overall the district plans to receive about $180,000 less in state aid according to School Board Treasurer Keith Medema. He said that explains the double-digit percent increase for a school district that had reduced its tax levy by 4.5 percent last year. Despite the sizable increase this year, board members said they made several cutbacks to produce a fair budget. District Business Manager Carrie Hintze said that district looked at every dollar to produce by her words, a “very conservative” budget. In total taxpayers will be asked to pay about $2 million to fund the school district for the 2009-2010 school year. For a taxpayer with a $150,000 home that means contributing about $1400. According to the school board, that is the third lowest tax rate for Randolph this decade. Medema said he expects state funding to continue to be an issue for the Randolph School District and could force local taxpayers to pick up more of the tax burden.
A $6 million dollar tax levy and $9.11 mil rate were set for Columbus Schools’ at last night’s annual meeting. Business Administrator Nancy Liverseed said the levy increase was 6%. School Board member Liz O’Donnell said in her case the increase would amount to $.28 cents per day. A vote against levy approval came from Board member Don Nelson who said the 6% levy increase was too high compared to the 3% total budget increase. District taxpayers will be paying for a $12.3 million dollar budget. However, the $9.11 mil rate will remain below the level for the first five years of 2000.
In the Cambria Friesland School District residents will see a 10-percent increase in the mill rate. The school board approved the $4.86-million budget last night, which includes a tax levy of $1.63-million. The resulting tax rate is $8.45 per $1,000 of assessed value. For those with property assessed at $150,000 they would pay about $1,270 for the school portion of their tax bill.
Beaver Dam Curbs Budget Increase
10/27/09 - It looks like the city of Beaver Dam budget for next year might be less than five percent higher than the current budget, not the 12 and-a-half that was originally proposed. That’s what Mayor Tom Kennedy said last night, when the Operations Committee reviewed proposed budget cuts for three of the departments that fall under the committee’s jurisdiction. Kennedy says he spent last week going over each department’s budget with the department head and they were able to find reasonable places to trim. Among the budgets reviewed last night, the Parks Department found $30,000 in outlay expenses to cut. The Department of Public Works cut a $36,000 equipment purchase. The engineering department, which had already come in 15% below last year’s budget, trimmed a full-time position to come in 23% lower than last years budget. City council members may also have to wait one more year to have their aging council chairs replaced. Officials say it’s long overdue, but at $450 each it’ll have to wait until next year. Kennedy says budget planning for next year should go much more smoothly. The Administrative Committee continues its budget deliberations this evening. City officials only need to trim about a quarter million dollars from the proposed budget to meet state-imposed levy-limits but alderpersons agreed at the last meeting that a half million dollars would be better for taxpayers.
Lomira Plant Completes Military Contract
10/27/09 - A plant in Lomira has finished making two-thousand lighting systems for 28 Air Force bases. Patriot Taxiway Industries completed a seven-point-six million dollar contract. Company president Steven Smits said almost three-fourths of the full-time workers on the project were veterans – and three of them had service-related disabilities. He said he could not ask for a more dedicated work-force. The lights will help security-and-maintenance functions at U-S air bases around the world. Disabled veterans started Patriot Taxiway early last year in Omro. The factory operations were later moved to Lomira.
Dodge County Snow Plow Funding Lower
10/27/09 - Due to state budget cuts, there won’t be as many snow plows on local state roadways this winter. Dodge County Highway Commissioner Brian Field says a 12.5% cut to his budget will impact how his department deals with weather hazards on state roads. Field says they aren’t going to reduce the level of service on county roads to cover the state shortfall. There is some good news when it comes to the costs of rock salt, which is way down from a high of $150-per ton last winter.As part of a state contract Field says they were able to get salt for $60-per-ton. Cuts in state aid for county public works departments are averaging 10-percent statewide.
BDHS Students Make A Difference
10/27/09 - Two Beaver Dam High School students helped to make a difference in the lives of elementary school kids this weekend. Saturday was Make A Difference Day and Josh and Jeni Tyjeski put together the Kids for Kids Walk to benefit a medical and dental fund for elementary school students. The two were able to raise over $1200 from the event. The money that was raised will be directed to the Pupil Personnel Services, Children’s Emergency Dental/ Medical Fund, which was established in 2007 after district nurses saw an increase in the number of students with little or no dental insurance. The Tyjeski’s say they plan on holding another walk next year. Donation information can be found on our website: wbevradio.com. The Kids for Kids Walk and Rally, c/o Jeni and Josh Tyjeski, Beaver Dam High School, 500 Gould St., Beaver Dam, WI 53916.
BD Assessments Begin Nov 2
10/27/09 - Property assessments in Beaver Dam begin next Monday. Accurate Appraisal has been retained by the city to revalue taxable property for 2010. As part of the regular inspection cycle, all non-manufacturing parcels are inspected every four years. City officials say in order to accomplish the inspections in a timely manner, it is important to give representatives with Accurate Appraisal ample opportunity to make a thorough inspection of your property. The assessment work is expected to take between two and three weeks to complete.
Democrats Not Giving Up on Governor Race
10/27/09 - State Democratic chairman Mike Tate still expects a competitive governor’s race, after the party’s only announced candidate suddenly withdrew just over a year before the election. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton was campaigning full-speed on Saturday in La Crosse. But yesterday morning, Lawton e-mailed supporters to say she was quitting for quote, “very personal reasons.” And her campaign did not explain further. State Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus blamed Governor Jim Doyle and the White House. Doyle made lukewarm comments about Lawton last week, saying she’d put her credentials against whoever’s in the race. And yesterday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not deny reports that the Obama White House urged him to run – and that the president thought he represented the Democrats’ best chance to keep the governor’s office.
Officials: Northwest Pilots Were Using Laptops
10/27/09 - Minnesota Senate Democrat Amy Klobuchar says it might be “the ultimate case of distracted driving.” That’s how she describes last week’s Northwest Airlines flight which over-shot its Twin Cities’ landing site by 150 miles into Wisconsin. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board interviewed the two pilots yesterday. They said they were using their lap-top computers, talked about a new scheduling system for flight crews, and lost track of time. The plane lost radar contact for an-hour-and-20-minutes last Wednesday night. It was heading to Minneapolis-Saint Paul from San Diego – but the plane was east of Eau Claire when the pilots realized their mistake and got in touch with controllers.
Residents Spending a Lot Less Money this Year
10/27/09 - Wisconsinites are still spending a lot less money than they did a year ago. The Revenue Department said it collected eight-percent fewer taxes from July-through-September than at the same time in 2008. Sales taxes were down eight-point-seven percent, which reflects a big drop in consumer spending. Individual income taxes were down eight-point-one-percent, reflecting the big rise in unemployment. But corporate taxes rose nine-point-two-percent. That was after the governor and Legislature decided to tax more business income, so Wisconsin companies would stop sheltering income to its subsidiaries in states like Nevada with little or no income taxes.
Washington County Community Will Hold onto Police Department
10/27/09 - The village of Jackson will not scrap its police department. Trustees voted 5-to-2 last night against a resolution to dump the 12-member force to save money – and to have the Washington County Sheriff’s Department provide police services. Police Chief Jed Dolnick said the vote affirmed his department’s quality of work, and a strong relationship with village residents. Dumping the police department would have saved Jackson around 200-thousand dollars next year. Meanwhile, the police union in Pewaukee filed suit yesterday against the City Council’s decision last week to drop its police force. A judge scheduled a hearing for Friday on the lawsuit – which seeks to block negotiations between the city and the Washington County sheriff’s department to provide policing. Those who support the change say it would save Pewaukee over a million dollars a year by not having its own force. But opponents said it goes last-minute petitions to save the department, filed under Wisconsin’s direct legislation law.
Ideas Pour In to Welcome Favre Back to Green Bay
10/27/09 - Wisconsinites have no shortage of ideas on how to welcome Brett Favre back to Green Bay on Sunday, when he plays for the Vikings. The mayor’s office asked for “tasteful” suggestions earlier this month, and about 16-hundred people have e-mailed their ideas. The top-four will be announced later this week. But one suggestion is to plan a ceremony to retire Favre’s Number-Four jersey – and call it off at the last minute. Another fan would hold the ceremony on Sunday, and retire Number-Four in honor of Chuck Fusina – who wore it while throwing 32 passes in seven games for Green Bay in 1986.
10/27/09 - The tax rate for the Beaver Dam School District was set last night by the school board. Residents will see a 5.6-percent increase over last year to $8.88 per $1,000 of assessed value. That means a person whose property is worth $150,000 would pay around $1,330 for the school portion of their tax bill.
The Randolph School Board approved a $5.8 million budget yesterday that will increase the overall tax levy about 12.8 percent over last year. Board members said the increase is largely a result of decreased state aid. Overall the district plans to receive about $180,000 less in state aid according to School Board Treasurer Keith Medema. He said that explains the double-digit percent increase for a school district that had reduced its tax levy by 4.5 percent last year. Despite the sizable increase this year, board members said they made several cutbacks to produce a fair budget. District Business Manager Carrie Hintze said that district looked at every dollar to produce by her words, a “very conservative” budget. In total taxpayers will be asked to pay about $2 million to fund the school district for the 2009-2010 school year. For a taxpayer with a $150,000 home that means contributing about $1400. According to the school board, that is the third lowest tax rate for Randolph this decade. Medema said he expects state funding to continue to be an issue for the Randolph School District and could force local taxpayers to pick up more of the tax burden.
A $6 million dollar tax levy and $9.11 mil rate were set for Columbus Schools’ at last night’s annual meeting. Business Administrator Nancy Liverseed said the levy increase was 6%. School Board member Liz O’Donnell said in her case the increase would amount to $.28 cents per day. A vote against levy approval came from Board member Don Nelson who said the 6% levy increase was too high compared to the 3% total budget increase. District taxpayers will be paying for a $12.3 million dollar budget. However, the $9.11 mil rate will remain below the level for the first five years of 2000.
In the Cambria Friesland School District residents will see a 10-percent increase in the mill rate. The school board approved the $4.86-million budget last night, which includes a tax levy of $1.63-million. The resulting tax rate is $8.45 per $1,000 of assessed value. For those with property assessed at $150,000 they would pay about $1,270 for the school portion of their tax bill.
Beaver Dam Curbs Budget Increase
10/27/09 - It looks like the city of Beaver Dam budget for next year might be less than five percent higher than the current budget, not the 12 and-a-half that was originally proposed. That’s what Mayor Tom Kennedy said last night, when the Operations Committee reviewed proposed budget cuts for three of the departments that fall under the committee’s jurisdiction. Kennedy says he spent last week going over each department’s budget with the department head and they were able to find reasonable places to trim. Among the budgets reviewed last night, the Parks Department found $30,000 in outlay expenses to cut. The Department of Public Works cut a $36,000 equipment purchase. The engineering department, which had already come in 15% below last year’s budget, trimmed a full-time position to come in 23% lower than last years budget. City council members may also have to wait one more year to have their aging council chairs replaced. Officials say it’s long overdue, but at $450 each it’ll have to wait until next year. Kennedy says budget planning for next year should go much more smoothly. The Administrative Committee continues its budget deliberations this evening. City officials only need to trim about a quarter million dollars from the proposed budget to meet state-imposed levy-limits but alderpersons agreed at the last meeting that a half million dollars would be better for taxpayers.
Lomira Plant Completes Military Contract
10/27/09 - A plant in Lomira has finished making two-thousand lighting systems for 28 Air Force bases. Patriot Taxiway Industries completed a seven-point-six million dollar contract. Company president Steven Smits said almost three-fourths of the full-time workers on the project were veterans – and three of them had service-related disabilities. He said he could not ask for a more dedicated work-force. The lights will help security-and-maintenance functions at U-S air bases around the world. Disabled veterans started Patriot Taxiway early last year in Omro. The factory operations were later moved to Lomira.
Dodge County Snow Plow Funding Lower
10/27/09 - Due to state budget cuts, there won’t be as many snow plows on local state roadways this winter. Dodge County Highway Commissioner Brian Field says a 12.5% cut to his budget will impact how his department deals with weather hazards on state roads. Field says they aren’t going to reduce the level of service on county roads to cover the state shortfall. There is some good news when it comes to the costs of rock salt, which is way down from a high of $150-per ton last winter.As part of a state contract Field says they were able to get salt for $60-per-ton. Cuts in state aid for county public works departments are averaging 10-percent statewide.
BDHS Students Make A Difference
10/27/09 - Two Beaver Dam High School students helped to make a difference in the lives of elementary school kids this weekend. Saturday was Make A Difference Day and Josh and Jeni Tyjeski put together the Kids for Kids Walk to benefit a medical and dental fund for elementary school students. The two were able to raise over $1200 from the event. The money that was raised will be directed to the Pupil Personnel Services, Children’s Emergency Dental/ Medical Fund, which was established in 2007 after district nurses saw an increase in the number of students with little or no dental insurance. The Tyjeski’s say they plan on holding another walk next year. Donation information can be found on our website: wbevradio.com. The Kids for Kids Walk and Rally, c/o Jeni and Josh Tyjeski, Beaver Dam High School, 500 Gould St., Beaver Dam, WI 53916.
BD Assessments Begin Nov 2
10/27/09 - Property assessments in Beaver Dam begin next Monday. Accurate Appraisal has been retained by the city to revalue taxable property for 2010. As part of the regular inspection cycle, all non-manufacturing parcels are inspected every four years. City officials say in order to accomplish the inspections in a timely manner, it is important to give representatives with Accurate Appraisal ample opportunity to make a thorough inspection of your property. The assessment work is expected to take between two and three weeks to complete.
Democrats Not Giving Up on Governor Race
10/27/09 - State Democratic chairman Mike Tate still expects a competitive governor’s race, after the party’s only announced candidate suddenly withdrew just over a year before the election. Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton was campaigning full-speed on Saturday in La Crosse. But yesterday morning, Lawton e-mailed supporters to say she was quitting for quote, “very personal reasons.” And her campaign did not explain further. State Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus blamed Governor Jim Doyle and the White House. Doyle made lukewarm comments about Lawton last week, saying she’d put her credentials against whoever’s in the race. And yesterday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not deny reports that the Obama White House urged him to run – and that the president thought he represented the Democrats’ best chance to keep the governor’s office.
Officials: Northwest Pilots Were Using Laptops
10/27/09 - Minnesota Senate Democrat Amy Klobuchar says it might be “the ultimate case of distracted driving.” That’s how she describes last week’s Northwest Airlines flight which over-shot its Twin Cities’ landing site by 150 miles into Wisconsin. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board interviewed the two pilots yesterday. They said they were using their lap-top computers, talked about a new scheduling system for flight crews, and lost track of time. The plane lost radar contact for an-hour-and-20-minutes last Wednesday night. It was heading to Minneapolis-Saint Paul from San Diego – but the plane was east of Eau Claire when the pilots realized their mistake and got in touch with controllers.
Residents Spending a Lot Less Money this Year
10/27/09 - Wisconsinites are still spending a lot less money than they did a year ago. The Revenue Department said it collected eight-percent fewer taxes from July-through-September than at the same time in 2008. Sales taxes were down eight-point-seven percent, which reflects a big drop in consumer spending. Individual income taxes were down eight-point-one-percent, reflecting the big rise in unemployment. But corporate taxes rose nine-point-two-percent. That was after the governor and Legislature decided to tax more business income, so Wisconsin companies would stop sheltering income to its subsidiaries in states like Nevada with little or no income taxes.
Washington County Community Will Hold onto Police Department
10/27/09 - The village of Jackson will not scrap its police department. Trustees voted 5-to-2 last night against a resolution to dump the 12-member force to save money – and to have the Washington County Sheriff’s Department provide police services. Police Chief Jed Dolnick said the vote affirmed his department’s quality of work, and a strong relationship with village residents. Dumping the police department would have saved Jackson around 200-thousand dollars next year. Meanwhile, the police union in Pewaukee filed suit yesterday against the City Council’s decision last week to drop its police force. A judge scheduled a hearing for Friday on the lawsuit – which seeks to block negotiations between the city and the Washington County sheriff’s department to provide policing. Those who support the change say it would save Pewaukee over a million dollars a year by not having its own force. But opponents said it goes last-minute petitions to save the department, filed under Wisconsin’s direct legislation law.
Ideas Pour In to Welcome Favre Back to Green Bay
10/27/09 - Wisconsinites have no shortage of ideas on how to welcome Brett Favre back to Green Bay on Sunday, when he plays for the Vikings. The mayor’s office asked for “tasteful” suggestions earlier this month, and about 16-hundred people have e-mailed their ideas. The top-four will be announced later this week. But one suggestion is to plan a ceremony to retire Favre’s Number-Four jersey – and call it off at the last minute. Another fan would hold the ceremony on Sunday, and retire Number-Four in honor of Chuck Fusina – who wore it while throwing 32 passes in seven games for Green Bay in 1986.
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