Tuesday, September 25, 2012
While County Executive Dan Vrakas' budget calls for an overall increase in levy, county property taxes for a typical home should decrease by about $2.
Waukesha County's property tax levy would increase slightly, but the tax bill for a median home would decline under the 2013 budget proposed by County Executive Dan Vrakas Tuesday. The proposed $273.7 million budget cuts overall spending by 3.8 percent or $10.9 million from the 2012 budget. The total property taxes being collected, however, would increase by 0.8 percent — from $100.9 million in 2012 to $101.7 million. However, because home values have fallen by 4.85 percent from 2011 to 2012, the property tax rate would increase from $1.96 to $2.11 per $1,000 of equalized value, under the proposed budget. The median home value in the 2012 budget was $255,642, which was taxed $514 in that budget. The median home value in Waukesha County is…
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sussex resident Mark Chapman writes an open letter to the Waukesha County Board urging them to not pave the Bugline trail. Chapman outlines the top five reasons it's a bad idea, followed by some ways to compromise.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
April 19, 2012 An Open Letter to Dan Vrakas, Waukesha County Executive And to the Waukesha County Board Mr. Paul Decker, Chair Dear Mr Vrakas, Mr. Decker, and the Waukesha County Board: There has been considerable discussion and feedback regarding your plans to pave and widen the Bugline trail. I have followed all of this with great interest. As a regular user of this trail (4-6 days a week), I strongly encourage you to leave it as a well-maintained, crushed gravel path. Paving the trail is costly, unnecessary, and – concerns about money aside – not a good idea. My objections to paving include: Paving will give the trail a much less natural look with minimal benefit. A paved trail would have a fundamentally different character than the …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The first draft of the 2012-13 budget was presented to the School Board, and with the slow decline in state aid, Hamilton is expecting to recoup the revenue with increased taxes.
The Hamilton School Board took its first look at the 2012-13 budget Monday, and due to the continuing drop in state aid, taxes are expected to increase for district residents. The total proposed budget is $49.1 million — an increase of more than 1.5 percent compared to this year’s budget. However, the district is quick to point out the proposed budget is still more than 2 percent less than two years ago. And while the district is looking at a no-change, “status quo budget,” Businesses Services Assistant Superintendent Bryan Ruud said property tax increases are coming because of decline in state aid. “We’re continuing to see a trend, a shift of our revenue from the state to the local taxpayer,” Ruud said. “There are less dollars coming …
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Hamilton School District
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Milwaukee mayor and gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett welcomed another endorsement, from U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, in his campaign to unseat Gov. Scott Walker. In other news, see details on the latest poll on the Democratic primary.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett picked up another endorsement Monday, from U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee), in his push to grab the Democratic nod and unseat Gov. Scott Walker in June's recall election. Voters are a little more than three weeks away from tapping Walker's Democratic challenger, and Barrett was on the campaign trail in Milwaukee touting how his administration would end Wisconsin's political civil war and restore collective bargaining and tax fairness, while fielding the endorsement from Moore. Barrett will square off against former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma) and Secretary of State Doug La Follette in a Democratic primary May 8. The winner will take on Walker on June 5. Barrett …
The IRS offers online tools and filing extensions for those taxpayers feeling the pressure. Did you already pay? Tell us what you did with your refund!
It's that dreaded word: taxes. And now it's coming at you with an extra dose of dread: deadline. That's right, the deadline for taxpayers to file their income taxes is Tuesday. Luckily, the Interal Revenue Service has a number of online tools taxpayers can use to make filing easier. For those taxpayers that can't get it done on time, there's always the option of filing for an extension. And then there's those early birds that filed their taxes in February and have an expensive new purchase to prove it. Upload the photos of your new gadgets to this article, or tell us what you bought with your refund in the comments. Know about an important deadline coming up? Tell us in the comments, or email Andy.Ambrosius@patch.com. You can also post …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Close to 250 people attended the Sussex-Lisbon merger meeting Wednesday night, but based on most comments, Lisbon residents aren’t happy with a consolidation.
Area residents packed the Lisbon Fire Department Wednesday night to learn more about a possible merger between the Village of Sussex and the Town of Lisbon, and some people didn’t like what they were hearing. About 250 people attended the informational meeting where Matt Gehrke, the town’s chairman, spoke about four options available for Lisbon, each with advantages and drawbacks. The town could either: Stay exactly as they are, but be at constant risk of having land annexed by surrounding communities. If that were to happen, Lisbon’s tax base would be reduced, and it can’t afford for that to happen. Continue as a town but provide services like most villages providing a short-term tax benefit. This is not the first choice of any Town Board…
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
This is the eighth time Hamilton has refinanced their debt, creating over $12.5 million in savings.
After refinancing its $5.84 million in debt, the Hamilton School District has saved taxpayers $475,000. The school board approved the refinancing during Monday night’s meeting. It’s the eighth time the school district has done it since 2001 creating a total of $12.6 millions in savings overall. This year’s lowest competitive refinancing bid came in at less than 1.7 percent. Business Services Assistant Superintendent Bryan Ruud addressed the board members and said the money is practically going right back to taxpayers. “We’ll be using those savings to help taxpayers by lowering the tax levy and balancing everything out,” Ruud said. “Now there’s $12.6 million is savings have truly gone back to taxpayers.” In addition, the Hamilton School …
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Hamilton School District
W220n6151 Town Line Rd, Sussex, WI
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Just search for your address and find how much you'll be paying this holiday season.
Property tax bills for Waukesha County have been signed, sealed and delivered, but if you're too eager to see how much you'll shell out this year, hop online. Visit Waukesha County's website, enter your address and find your bill electronically. Business owners can also do this to see a company's tax bill. After entering in your address, quite a few locations may pop up that aren't remotely close to your address. However, simply find your municipality on the left side of the screen, click it and the results will filter to become more specific. You can then filter the results again by year. After finding your address, Waukesha County lets you look at your listing, which is the official government description of the land, or you can look at …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The next three years will mean rising costs for local teams and fewer costs for taxpayers.
UPDATE: The Village Board unanimously approved the Parks and Recreation's three year budgeting plan Tuesday night to slowly minimize the amount of taxpayer dollars used to maintain baseball fields. There are currently 12 adult teams paying to use the fields during the baseball/softball season, however, over 50 percent of the cost to use the fields is subsidized by taxpayer dollars. Original Story: After working closely with the local baseball teams, the Parks and Recreation Department has devised a three-year plan to minimize the amount of tax dollars that are used for field preparation. The village subsidizes more than 50 percent of the cost of operation with taxpayer dollars. Since 2004, the number of annual baseball field uses has …
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Sussex Community Center
W240 N5765 Maple Ave, Sussex, WI
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Sussex Village Park (Main Park)
Cr-Vv & Weaver Dr, Sussex, WI
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
With the 2012 village budget complete, Sussex announces a public hearing slated for next Tuesday where residents can get one final word in.
Sussex is proposing to raise the tax levy nearly $200,000 in 2012, meaning a big impact on homeowners in the village. The increase would equal a $47.45 increase in taxes for the owner of a $290,000 home. The tax hike comes after multiple budget workshops where officials added new items to the financial plan, like increases in elected officials’ pay and compensation for losses in revenue. The village also added several more items totaling almost $64,000 of the levy, including money for more senior recreation programs, weed control in neighborhood islands and a Parks and Recreation brochure that will be mailed to neighboring communities. The proposed levy in 2012 is $5.3 million, a 3.72 percent increase over last year. Now it’s time for …
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Sussex Village Hall
N64w23760 Main St, Sussex, WI
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Steve ®
11:55 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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