Lake district reduces special assessment fee
The Daily Jefferson County Union HERE
Property owners in the Rock-Koshkonong Lake District voted in favor of a special assessment reduction when they met for the district’s annual meeting Saturday morning.
Flooding and an ongoing legal dispute with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over water level regulations were other items that topped the agenda for the gathering, held at Fort Atkinson High School.
Members approved a reduction of $4, from $45 to $41 per parcel, for the 2009 special assessment. The original proposal was to lower the assessment to $40, but attendees OK’d a resolution to have $1 from each property owner go toward reimbursing volunteers for some of their expenses incurred during flood cleanup efforts.
There are approximately 8,000 total residents with more than 4,000 parcels within the district, meaning that approximately $4,000 will go toward the flood cleanup.
Also approved with the budget was a resolution to establish a lake restoration fund, which will set aside money in a segregated account to pursue dredging, island creation and breakwalls as a means to limit shoreline erosion, promote navigation and enhance wildlife and fish habitat.
“By state law, we’re not allowed to build up a slush fund,” district Chairperson Brian Christianson said. “We have to have a budget for that unless we have another segregated account. This is similar to the segregated fund we have for the Indianford Dam.”
Christianson said the fund will allow the board to incrementally build up savings for pursuing the dredging and island project, although he predicted it might be 10 years or so before the lake district has the necessary funds. (The full story appears in the Aug. 4 Daily Union).
Property owners in the Rock-Koshkonong Lake District voted in favor of a special assessment reduction when they met for the district’s annual meeting Saturday morning.
Flooding and an ongoing legal dispute with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over water level regulations were other items that topped the agenda for the gathering, held at Fort Atkinson High School.
Members approved a reduction of $4, from $45 to $41 per parcel, for the 2009 special assessment. The original proposal was to lower the assessment to $40, but attendees OK’d a resolution to have $1 from each property owner go toward reimbursing volunteers for some of their expenses incurred during flood cleanup efforts.
There are approximately 8,000 total residents with more than 4,000 parcels within the district, meaning that approximately $4,000 will go toward the flood cleanup.
Also approved with the budget was a resolution to establish a lake restoration fund, which will set aside money in a segregated account to pursue dredging, island creation and breakwalls as a means to limit shoreline erosion, promote navigation and enhance wildlife and fish habitat.
“By state law, we’re not allowed to build up a slush fund,” district Chairperson Brian Christianson said. “We have to have a budget for that unless we have another segregated account. This is similar to the segregated fund we have for the Indianford Dam.”
Christianson said the fund will allow the board to incrementally build up savings for pursuing the dredging and island project, although he predicted it might be 10 years or so before the lake district has the necessary funds. (The full story appears in the Aug. 4 Daily Union).
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