{"id":21,"date":"2019-10-08T22:12:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/?p=21"},"modified":"2019-10-08T22:12:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T22:12:52","slug":"new-2020-budget-proposed-at-the-whitewater-common-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/2019\/10\/08\/new-2020-budget-proposed-at-the-whitewater-common-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"New 2020 budget proposed at the Whitewater Common Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Written by Rachel Charniak<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Whitewater Common Council discussed the proposed\n2020 budget of $9.8 million, a 2.5 percent increase from last year, at its\nmeeting on Tuesday, October 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Whitewater Municipal\nBuilding.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City Manager, Cameron Clapper, presented on the budget\nand noted that funds are being drawn from property taxes and intergovernmental\nrevenue.&nbsp; However, intergovernmental\nrevenue is starting to decrease, and residents may be taxed more.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clapper said, \u201cWe try to apply the revenues we receive\nto funds for specific purposes.\u201d&nbsp;\nRevenues may be used for general government, public safety, and public\nworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the meeting on October 1, the budget will be\nreviewed by the finance committee October 10-24.&nbsp; Then, on November 5, it is re-presented to\nthe Whitewater Common Council.&nbsp; The\npublic hearing and adoption is November 19.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Common Council discussed a few spending items\nwithin the 2020 budget.&nbsp; These included\nClay St. reconstruction, lakes draw down project, radio console upgrades for\nthe police department, and the installation of an amphitheater.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Palmyra-Eagle schools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Sylvester-Knudtson and Mark Elworthy represented\nWhitewater schools at the Common Council meeting and discussed what the process\nof dissolving the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District (PEASD) would look like.&nbsp; If Palmyra-Eagle schools are dissolved, the\nWhitewater district would take over a section of the PEASD.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)\nwill put together a seven-person School District Boundary Appeal Board (SDBAB)\nwith one board member from DPI, two members from a small district, two members\nfrom a medium district, and two members from a large district.&nbsp; After September 10, the appeal board will\nbegin meeting and work to determine a solution.&nbsp;\nKnudtson noted that \u201cThey are by statute required to make their decision\nby January 15.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Palmyra-Eagle school district is given\npermission to dissolve, it would take effect on July 1, 2020, and boundary\nlines would be redrawn to ensure all areas are being taken up by nearby\nexisting districts.&nbsp; If the request is\nnot approved, Palmyra-Eagle schools would continue operations as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other Whitewater Common Council updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Entertainer and comedian Charlie Berens is\ncoming to the Young Auditorium on October 19 at 8 p.m.&nbsp; Proceeds from the event are going to the\nWhitewater Police Department K-9 Unit.&nbsp;\nTickets are $15 for UW-Whitewater students, and $25 for adults.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Whitewater\u2019s 29<sup>th<\/sup> annual CROP\nwalk occurred on October 6, and 25 percent of proceeds went to the Whitewater\nFood Pantry and UW-W Warhawk Food Pantry.&nbsp;\nThe CROP walk helps raise awareness in the Whitewater community about\nworld hunger.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Anyone with expired or unwanted\nmedications can participate in the DEA National Take-Back by taking their drugs\nto the Whitewater police in the Walmart parking lot on October 26 from 10 a.m.\nto 2 p.m. to properly dispose of their medications.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Mark Elworthy presented the Whitewater\nSchool District Annual Report.&nbsp; He\ndiscussed Jerry Award winners, Ferradermis (the robotics team) winning the\nWisconsin regional competition, national FFA winners, and more.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Council member James Allen proposed future\nagendas include discussion of tarped cars on others property.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the Whitewater Common Council,\nincluding meeting agendas, minutes, and meeting broadcasts, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitewater-wi.gov\/308\/Common-Council\">https:\/\/www.whitewater-wi.gov\/308\/Common-Council<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Rachel Charniak The Whitewater Common Council discussed the proposed 2020 budget of $9.8 million, a 2.5 percent increase from last year, at its meeting on Tuesday, October 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Whitewater Municipal Building.&nbsp; City Manager, Cameron Clapper, presented on the budget and noted that funds are being drawn from property [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7508,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j486rachelcharniak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}