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Garbage Fees

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Should Mount Pleasant Take Garbage Off the Levy?

Wisconsin municipalities making the switch could fill budget holes.

Mount Pleasant is like the majority of most Wisconsin communities trying to balance its budget. With a combination of creativity, possible revenue streams, and painful cuts, village trustees need to plug a $700,000 hole left by lost state aid and negative return on investments. The City of Waukesha faces a $3.6 million cut in state aid so Mayor Jeff Scrima is proposing that residents pay a garbage fee to take that service off the tax levy. Rates would average $136 a year for property owners that use the service and generate an estimated $2.7 million. Wisconsin villages like Menomonee Falls also have a garbage fee separate from the tax levy. Caledonia has a separate fee, but residents can opt out if they can prove they have contracted with …

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Mount Pleasant Village Hall and Garbage Fee Proposal Irks Some Waukesha Aldermen (in Waukesha Patch)

Dennis

8:07 am on Thursday, October 13, 2011

In the old days this would be called "raising taxes".   more ›

Friday, May 20, 2011

Sturtevant Starts Weighing Tough Decisions for Budget

Village officials are starting to look at their options in the face of expected cuts in state shared revenue.

While the state's biennial budget is still being debated and has yet to come to a vote, officials in Sturtevant are being proactive about their village's budget for next year and its impact on residents. Projected cuts in state shared revenue could mean an almost $240,000 hole in Sturtevant's budget for both 2012 and 2013, and that amount does not account for the increased costs of running a village like electricity, heat or supplies. "I know it's early," said Village Administrator Mark Janiuk to the board during a bi-weekly committee meeting earlier this month. "But I want you to start considering some options so you aren't scrambling when the state budget is passed." Janiuk handed out a list of cuts and revenue stream ideas for trustees …

John

3:11 pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The village can get by without an administrator, he even stated, cut it from 40 to 32 to 20. Rather see him disappear over the police dept. We already pay seven members of the board to make decisions, so administrator is just a padded position anyway. I never could see the reason we had one in the first place, he probably has cost us more then any kinda savings. Also for garbage fee, we already …   more ›

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