TOWN OF BENNETT
REGULAR MONTHLY TOWN BOARD MEETING
Monday, November 9, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Bennett Town Hall
Board will preview invoices at 7 p.m.
AGENDA
CALL MEETING TO ORDER WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MINUTES: October 12 Board Meeting & October 19th & October 26th Special Board Meetings
APPROVE BILLS FOR PAYMENT:
REPORTS:
- Treasurer
- Cemetery
- Fire Department
- Constable
OLD BUSINESS:
- Election/COVID Grants: Update on Camera System and Sidewalk Project
NEW BUSINESS:
- Approve Prior Year’s Carry Forward of Allowable Levy Increase--$1,556.00
- Sign Union Contract
- Naming of Private Drive on Solon Springs/Bennett Border
- Budget Amendments
- Correspondence
- Review Permits Issued by Douglas County
PUBLIC COMMENT
ADJOURNMENT
(Discussion and action may occur on any of the above agenda items.)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING
FOR TOWN OF BENNETT, DOUGLAS COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 16, 2020, at 7 PM, at the Bennett Town Hall, 9215 E County Road L, Bennett, Wisconsin, a PUBLIC HEARING on the 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET for the Town of Bennett, Douglas County, will be held. The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection at the clerk's office in the town hall upon request. The following is a summary of the 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
|
|
2020 Projected Actual Budget | 2021 Proposed
Budget |
%
Change |
| REVENUES:
General Property Taxes Forest Crop/MFL Taxes |
$264,552 $6,615 |
$267,636 $6,600 |
+1.17% |
| Tax Chargebacks | $370 | ||
| Intergovernmental Revenue | $222,029 | $209,495 | |
| Licenses & Permits | $1,781 | $1,115 | |
| Public Charges for Services | $2,985 | $1,063 | |
| Miscellaneous Revenues | $873 | $300 | |
|
Total Revenues |
$499,205 |
$486,209 |
-2.60% |
| Cash Balance Applied | 50,000 | $44,723 | |
| Total Revenues and Cash Balance Applied | $549,205 | $530,932 | |
|
EXPENDITURES: |
|
||
| General Government | $88,529 | $81,191 | |
| Public Safety | $37,580 | $39,061 | |
| Public Works | $341,816 | $337,553 | |
| Public Works Insurance Claim | $5,770 | 0 | |
| Health & Human Services | $7,123 | $9,000 | |
| Capital Outlay—Lights | 0 | $2,460 | |
| Debt Service | $46,667 | $46,667 | |
| Equipment Fund | 0 | 15,000 | |
|
Total Expenditures |
$527,485 |
$530,932 |
+0.65% |
|
All Governmental Funds |
Balance Jan. 1, 2020 |
Projected Revenues & Transfers |
Projected Expenditures |
Projected Balance December 31, 2020 |
| General Fund | $24,102 | $549,205 | $527,485 | $45,822 |
| BVFD | $7,827 | $2 | $60 | $7,769 |
Total Debt: $97,947.29
2017 International Truck $26,616.66
2017 Holland Tractor & Boom Mower $71,330.63
Dated this 27th day of October, 2020
Tamara L. Johnson, Clerk
715-817-5994
Website: townofbennettwi.org
Email: townofbennett@outlook.com
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF BENNETT,
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, November 16, 2020, immediately following completion of the Public hearing on the proposed 2021 budget, which begins at 7 PM at the Bennett Town Hall at 9215 E County Road L, a SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF THE ELECTORS, called pursuant to sec. 60.12(1)(c) of the Wisconsin Statutes by the Town Board for the following purposes, will be held:
- To adopt the 2020 town tax levy to be collected in 2021 pursuant to
Section 60.10(1)(a) of Wisconsin Statutes.
Dated this 27th day of October, 2020
Tamara Johnson, Clerk
