Community Corner
Taxes Increase Slightly in Proposed 2013 Village Budget
Maintaining roads, parks and service are the priorities for the village's funding plans. Residents can learn more about the proposed budget at two meetings in September.
Village taxes would increase 1.62 percent under Sussex's proposed 2013 budget, which will allow the village to maintain and even improve its level of service.
According to a memo from Village Administrator Jeremy Smith, introducing the proposed budget, the owner of the average home ($280,725) will experience a tax increase of $22.24, or 1.62 percent. The village will raise its levy by $149,678, or 2.8 percent, with the budget proposed.
"Sussex continues to provide a great value to its citizens. In the new levy limit environment it is essential that the Village Board consider how and when to utilize the remaining levy capacity it has available to meet the continued needs of the community," Smith wrote in the memo.
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"This budget will continue the pattern of strong roads, good parks, and great service," he added.
Smith also wrote in the memo that "the base budget will allow Sussex to maintain and slightly improve services, but does not address the transformational items that the community needs long term."
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A will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6 at the . According to the village calendar, another budget meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 at Village Hall.
Budget meetings will be held on the first and last Thursdays of each month. Times and locations of those meetings are yet to be set.
The Finance and Personnel Committee meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. until the end of the year. Those meetings will be held at Village Hall. Note that some of those meetings may go into closed session if the discussion involves negotiations.
