Budget Hearing Posting

Board Resolution to Exceed Levy 100918

TOWN OF HIGHLAND, Douglas County
Special Town Meeting of Electors Notice

Notice is hereby given that a special town meeting of the Town of Highland, Douglas County, Wisconsin, will be held in the town at the Highland Town Hall located at 9360 S County Rd S, on the 15^th day of November, 2018.  The Town Elector meeting will be held immediately following the completion of the Public Hearing on the proposed 2019 town Budget which begins at 6:00 6 o’clock p.m. for the following purposes:

To consider the adoption of a resolution by the town meeting endorsing a town board resolution which proposes that the town levy exceed the state allowable levy limit under s. 66.0602 of Wis. Statutes, specifically a proposed tax levy which would exceed the allowable town tax levy for 2018 by 17.12 percent which would be a dollar increase of $30,000;

To approve the 2018 total town tax levy to be collected in 2019 pursuant to s. 60.10(1)(a) of Wis. Statutes.

Dated:  October 22, 2018

By:  Nora Anne Moss,

Town Clerk

There will be a Special Town Board Meeting on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Highland Town Hall.  The board will review the remaining 2018 Budget and prepare the 2019 Budget.

Nora Anne Moss

Clerk

October 15, 2018

Highland Road Maintenance Plan 2018

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

GENERAL ELECTION

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 10 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered to vote in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.

You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or general election or both. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail or in person.

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail.

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is: Thursday, November 1, 2018.

Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact your municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting an absentee ballot in person:

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:

Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office:

Friday, November 3, 2018

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.

The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on  November 6, 2018. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

You may request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office, or other specified location, during the days and hours listed below for casting an absentee ballot in person.

Nora Anne Moss, Clerk

Town of Highland

7316 S County Rd S

Lake Nebagamon, WI  54849

(715) 374-2046

Hours:  Monday thru Friday  8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

by appointment only

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There will be a Town Plan Commission Meeting on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Highland Town Hall.  Item for discussion will be the Petition to Rezone from Neal Hessen from F-1 to RR-1.  7544 S Castle Road.

This will be on the agenda for the October 9th Board Meeting.    If the Board approves this, it will go to a Special Meeting of the Electors in November.  More information will be available at the October 9th Meeting at 7:00 at the Highland Town Hall.

Resolution of the Highland Town Board to Propose Exceeding Levy Limits

Whereas, the State of Wisconsin has adopted levy limits on town, village, city and county levies for 2018 and thereafter under s. 66.0602 of Wis. Statutes;

Whereas, s. 66.0602 of Wis. Statutes limits the allowable local levy for 2019 to a percentage increase of no more than the greater of (a) 0% of the 2018 payable 2019 adjusted actual levy as calculated under the state’s levy limit law* or (b) a percentage equal to the percent change in equalized value due to net new construction; which for the Town of Highland  is 0.655 percent;

Whereas, the Town Board of the Town of Highland, Douglas County believes that for the 2018 tax levy (collected in 2019)  it is in the town’s best interest to exceed the state levy limit as described above by a greater percentage than 0.655.

Whereas, the Town of Highland 2018 payable 2019 adjusted actual levy is $174,203; And further whereas the state law would limit the increase to $1,001 for an allowable town tax levy of $175,204 before adjustments, for 2018, collected in 2019. (The Town’s allowable levy is further reduced by $139.64 for 2019 Personal Property Aid).

Now Therefore the Town Board of the Town of Highland, Douglas County does hereby resolve and order as follows:

1. The town board supports an increase in the town tax levy for 2018 that will exceed the state levy limit.
2. The town board directs that the question of increasing the town tax levy for 2018 (to be collected in 2019) by 17.12 percent, which would increase the town levy by $30,000 for a total town tax levy of $ 205,204 shall be placed on the agenda for the special town meeting to be held on __________________, 2018.

Adopted this ____ day of ________________, 2018.

Signature of Town Chair:  ___________________________

Attested by Town Clerk: _____________________________

The Regular Town Board Meeting will be held on

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Highland Town Hall.  The Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. to review correspondence and disbursements.  An agenda will be posted.