Posted: Nov. 3, 2009

Thiensville — Owners of a house valued at $212,500 will pay $19.38 more for village taxes in 2010 under the proposed municipal budget.

The total proposed 2010 village budget of $4,465,356 including the tax incremental finance district is down 26.36 percent from the $6,063,794 budget of a year ago. The 2009 budget included roughly $1.7 million for improvements to Pigeon Creek. Those improvements were funded by grants and TID funds, not the tax levy. The 2009 levy of $2,354,767 will increase 1.05 percent to $2,379,528 for 2010.

The tax rate would increase 10 cents from $8.78 to $8.88 per $1,000 of assessed value.

The spending plan maintains the current level of service and includes a wide variety of capital projects including a new audio/visual system for the Village Board room, the emerald ash borer program, salt truck, the resurfacing of the tennis courts, streetscape trees, radio replacements, the village's 100th anniversary celebration, traffic signals at Main Street and Green Bay Road and more.

Village Manager Dianne Robertson said no one attended a public hearing on the budget held Monday night. The Village Board will vote to adopt the proposed budget at 7 p.m. Monday at Village Hall, 250 Elm St.

 

- Mary Buckley