Tax May Increase from $45 to $100 per Parcel

Last week Monday, May 16th, the RKLD Board of Commissioners directed our legal counsel to submit the formal petition requesting DNR for a contested case hearing.

As you have read, or can read in the News Section of our website, the DNR offered a proposed water level order for Lake Koshkonong. The proposed order rejects our request for 7.2" increase in the summer water level, and it slightly reduces the amount of draw down during the winter.

Again, the proposed water level order ignores the ecological damage being done due to the winter draw down, and the instability of summer water levels.

As a result, the cost to mount a full legal challenge will require our special tax assessment to increase from the current $45 per parcel.

More information will be posted on the website and a complete budget explanation will be detailed in the newsletter that every parcel owner will receive prior to the annual meeting.

The increase needs to be ratified by majority vote of those in attendance at the annual meeting, July 30th, at the Fort Atkinson High School.