Bad economy, bad times. We all would like to see reductions, like most others did with local taxes. Few have any extra money to spend, with layoffs and reductions, but I also want to see the roads improved. Especially when they do 180's on new development plans.
Pool? Needed not so much but I guess will help attract Triathalons and Olympics.
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We need to run police, fire, streets and san from a county level. Then eventually a state level. Then maybe a regional level. Heck, with technology we don't need all this redundant management. We'll keep the worker, cops, fireman, garbage men etc. Just not all the fat cat managers. Consolidate! Should be a huge cost savings. Heck maybe even give the people that do the actual work a raise for a change.
Yeah, well, good luck with state or regional level management. Who do you think you're gonna call if you need local service? And do you want Pleasant Prairie's streets (not) plowed like Kenosha's? I don't think so.
u must be in "mgmt"
Onalaska town clerk on the chopping block to save money
TOWN OF ONALASKA — Sue Schultz’s days as the Onalaska town clerk would be numbered if the Onalaska Town Board moves forward with a plan to combine her position with a yet-to-be-hired administrator.
The move was one of a handful debated last week at a public hearing for the 2009 budget. Fifteen people attended the meeting, and most spoke in favor of retaining a town clerk while hiring a full-time administrator.
Before his death in July, Tim Dienger served as the town’s first administrator with an annual salary of $60,000, plus benefits. As clerk, Schultz draws an $18,000 salary for working 20 hours per week. Under the proposed 2009 budget, the clerk and administrator workload would be combined into one position, with a $50,000 annual salary.
The combined clerk/administrator position was one of several cost-cutting measures proposed by the board in a year of falling revenue. The town’s proposed $672,000 budget would be about $13,000 more than the amount budgeted for the current year.
The 2009 tax rate would be $1.67, compared to $1.65 in the current year, which would work out to a $2 increase on a $100,000 home, assuming its assessed value stayed the same.
The board is scheduled to officially adopt the budget at a town meeting Dec. 15.
just what is the salary structure down there? what does Rocco make? the chiefs of fire and police? the Steinbrinker himself? we need to do some " salary rationalization". on the surface I think the salaries of the "mgrs" are not commensorate with current times.
Great questions for the three incumbents and their opposition candidates.
Are there any opposition candidates?
Everyone knows this is a "put up or shut up" village and no one around here has the cash to go up against the good ole boys.
"...no one around here..."
Well, perhaps someone will have to eventually, because "Senior" will probably retire some day...I mean most people do sooner or later.
But I could be wrong.
we need to get some illegals, or I mean "undocumented" workers, on the work force down there. they work real cheap. after all they do the work americans don't want to do, according to the bushy.
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