Posted: Nov. 10, 2009

Thiensville — Village Board adopted its 2010 budget Monday night, holding to its practice of setting aside money for large capital purchases and maintenance and its goal of keeping the community debt-free.

The owners of a house valued at $212,500 will pay $21.25 more for village taxes in 2010 under the budget.

The total 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 TIF 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 will 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.