Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Review of funding came in response to calls for reductions made at school district's annual meeting.
After a back-and-forth battle over the school tax levy and funding for the Whitefish Bay Recreation Department, the School Board has re-examined and reaffirmed its funding for the department. Carin Keland, director of the Whitefish Bay Recreation and Community Education Department, said a packed house — about 20 to 25 people — attended a School Board committee meeting last week to show their support, and others wrote letters to the School Board. She said those residents — ranging from young families to seniors — showed strong support for the community programs. "They expressed that this is a community resource that reaches out to the entire community, not just families that attend public school," she said. "That theme kept coming up, that …
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Nearly $14 million budget would increase tax bill on a $400,000 home by $52 to $2,124 this year.
The owner of a $400,000 home will see the village portion of the tax bill increase by $52 this year under a budget approved by the Whitefish Bay Village Board Monday night. The nearly $14 million budget includes a levy increase of 2.56 percent over last year, bringing the levy to roughly $10.5 million. The tax rate would increase from $5.18 to $5.31. That means a resident with a home assessed at $400,000 would see village taxes rise by $52 to $2,124 when the bills are mailed out next month. Revenue and expenditures are both increasing 0.37 percent. The budget does not include any borrowed money for major road or sewer projects, while using $775,000 of reserve funds, including $589,000 for a consolidated dispatch center and $150,000 for an …
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Village expenditures are rising by only 0.71 percent, but state revenue cuts and new debt service have created the possibility for a more than 4 percent tax hike.
The village government portion of Whitefish Bay tax bills will most likely increase by more than 4 percent this year — mostly as a result of state budget cuts. A preliminary outline of the nearly $14 million village budget was first introduced earlier this month with a proposed tax levy increase of 4.58 percent, rising from $10.25 million in 2011 to $10.72 million in 2012. The proposed levy increase has lowered to 4.4 percent with changes the trustees made in a following budget meeting. The proposed expenditures are increasing by $98,951, or 0.71 percent, but that number was quickly outweighed by a $350,000 drop in revenue. Village Manager Patrick DeGrave said that shortfall was mostly due to Gov. Scott Walker’s cuts to local …
Concerned WFB Voters 2009
8:13 am on Monday, November 28, 2011
Thanks for the clarification. However, it might be interesting to know why the process pointed out regarding the vote to cut the levy, was not covered in the "press"? can you explain that? more ›