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What: Public hearing for 2014 City of Verona budget When: 7 p.m. Nov. 25 Where: City Center, 111 Lincoln St.
The citys Finance committee has recommended a 3 percent property tax increase for 2014. But dont be surprised if that number changes and the actual budget is significantly different from the one that is published in this weeks Verona Press. In prior years, the Finance committees budget worked out over the course of several weeks in September and October has generally been identical or nearly identical to the one approved by the Common Council a month later. Notable exceptions have been an increase in the use
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of reserve funds for 2006 and the shift of funding from the planned extension of Silent Street to the Harriet Park shelter a year later. Last year there was more discussion than usual at the Committee of the Whole, but the council
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Students and a teacher embrace following Calvin Terrells emotional presentation, which included students coming to the front of the Badger Ridge gym and apologizing to other students or people in their lives they have bullied.
Veterans Day
Denise Rohan will celebrate Veterans Day on Monday with her husband, Mike. Both of them are veterans, but she recognizes that her image might not be what pops into someones head when he or she thinks veteran. Rohan, who became the
first female American L e g i o n commander in the state in 2011, doesnt seem to Rohan mind. What she does mind is that other veterans, like herself, who didnt serve in combat or travel overseas, often dont think of themselves as vets and dont use resources they
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Hundreds of middle schoolers packed together in the Badger Ridge Middle School gymnasium last month, and the only sounds were sniffles and tears. No talking, laughing or even whispering. Social justice speaker Calvin Terrell was nearing the end of his two-and-ahalf hour presentation to the Verona Area School Districts seventh- and eighthgraders. As he had the students imagine sitting in the corner of a locked classroom, hearing gunshots just outside in the hallway, he received word that the situation he was describing was actually happening thousands of miles away in Nevada. That reality confirmed to the students and staff in attendance that the fictional
Calvin Terrell embraces a student following his presentation to seventh and eighth graders Monday, Oct. 21.
story was less imaginary than theyd like to think. His visit included another session with sixth-graders, time with staff, a community event that evening and a smaller session with 40 or
so students the following day. It was a continuation of efforts at the middle school level to both reduce bullying and increase diversity awareness, Badger Ridge principal David Jennings said.
The presentation focused on what bullying which Terrell described as a form of terrorism can lead to and how it can hurt others, as part of a larger message he spreads about social justice and diversity. As the fictional story ended, Terrell invited the students up to the microphone, offering a chance to repent for any harm they may have caused to others, or offer up hope for those who may be going through tough times. The line to talk extended more than 100 long. While not all students got the chance to talk, it was a powerful statement of the lessons Terrell had given them, with students apologizing, sometimes even by name, to others they had hurt or bullied in the past. We had been dealing with some of these issues prior to Calvin coming, and then the kids brought it up themselves and said Ive been doing this and called out the person by name who
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What: Public hearing on 2014 budget When: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12 Where: Town Hall collection and fire protection as its primary expenses. The total budget will be just over $1.6 million, up from the $1.52 million 2013 budget. Although some of the items in the budget look as though they are increasing or decreasing dramatically, such as the Miscellaneous expenditures line that shows a 2000 percent increase,
Arnold said that it mostly falls under moving budget lines. Thats not money that we keep if everything goes right, she said of the item, which increased due to a new escrow fee the town charges when someone builds a new home that the town pays back to the builder. Intergovernmental revenue will also see an increase thanks to the portion of the fire equipment paid out to the town. Arnold said that will be saved for payment of future emergency services. The town will also purchase a new truck after buying a snow plow last year, Arnold said. There is also a large
proposed increase in the utility district budget, up from $19,144 spent in 2013 to a proposed $40,958. Arnold said this is mostly for putting cameras into the sewers to check for problems. The issue is we havent done a lot of maintenance over the last two years of the sewer district, she said. The proposal would take $20,000 out of reserves and also increase sewer fees by $15 on each single-family home. The sewer increase and the budget as a whole will be the topic of a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 335 N. Nine Mound Road.
The final joint meeting between officials from the city and town of Verona as the Verona Fire District was quick. In a meeting that lasted just more than 20 minutes, the two municipalities gave a nod to the departments budget for next year. This is the shortest joint meeting Ive ever had, Verona Fire District chair Dave Combs quipped as the group voted to adjourn. While the meeting was quick, it gave leaders from the city and town a chance to share their views on how the districts dissolution process
went and how the department will operate in the future. City of Verona mayor Jon Hochkammer praised the fire district members for their work on putting together a sound agreement that will continue to benefit both city and town residents in the long term. Its a bittersweet day for me, Hochkammer said. I think the good thing about the dissolution here is that it was well-thought out we were not rushed into it. Earlier this year, the two municipalities agreed to dissolve the district and have the city operate the fire department and have the town contract for services. That agreement takes effect Jan. 1, 2014.
As part of that agreement, the two municipalities will meet each year to discuss any issues related to fire service, but last Wednesdays meeting was the last as the Verona Fire District. The city and town both gave approval to the 2014 fire department budget with the understanding that neither the town nor city has approved their share of the budget yet. The town might pay close to $23,000 more next year, but Combs who is also town chair said the town knew it was time to change to a cityrun department. Ive been very pleased at how amicable the whole process has been, Combs said. Its good to see us moving
forward. Next years fire department budget will not call for 24/7 coverage as planned for by chief Joe Giver. The city plans to make that shift once a new station is constructed and more space is available to the department. The citys Finance committee recommended about $952,000 worth of fire department expenses. The council will take final action on Nov. 25 and the town is scheduled to vote Nov. 12. Any difference between the budget approved by the town and changes made by the city would be covered by a contingency fund, town administrator/ planner Amanda Arnold said last week.
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to be approved at the Nov. 11 Common Council meeting. Tri-North would receive about $307,000 for its work, Burns said. The project management team will oversee the day-today design and construction of the fire station and report to the citys ad hoc committee. When the city built the new Verona City Center in 2007, public works director Ron Rieder took on the construction manager role. This time around, the city discussed hiring a construction management company for the fire station because the role would be overwhelming for city staff. The construction management team will analyze the architectural work to look for cost savings, help plan construction timing and prepare to bid the work
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It might have been a $200 million project that drew the attention of television news media, but the citys Plan Commission didnt need to discuss much to give Epics fourth campus a hearty seal of approval. The commission took less than 15 minutes to approve a site plan for the 478,000-square-foot, fivebuilding campus Monday, leaving the only remaining step a permit from the Common Council next week for a multi-building campus. Thats essentially a formality, which means Epic can start construction this month. Epic chief administrative officer Steve Dickmann told commissioners the company will start in the middle of the month. Construction for the first two buildings, the 1,500-stall parking garage and the food services building approved this summer will start concurrently, and the final three buildings of Campus 4 will go in after the parking structure underneath them is complete. Campus 4, located north of all the current facilities, will have nearly 1,600 offices, but even when its complete, the company will still only have enough offices in Verona for the number of employees it had at the end of last year. Epic has maintained for years that its goal is one employee per office, but thats at least two years away under even the unlikely best-case scenario, in which construction of Campus 5 still in the planning stages would start next year and finally
catch up to the pace of the companys growth. Commissioners also asked about firefighter access and the temporary 40,000-square-foot contractor building, which has already been moved once. The campus, which appears to be designed as a mix of the mythical Hogwarts castle from the Harry Potter books and old English university buildings, will include multiple towers and similar structures as high as 102 feet off the ground and marking some of the highest points in the Verona community, but it still will be mostly invisible from off the Epic property, located behind other buildings.
Restaurant proposal
The commission gave mostly positive feedback to a proposed 5,742-squarefoot restaurant that would be located at 700 E. Verona Ave. Most commissioners expressed concern about aesthetics from the road but were otherwise supportive. Architect Jerry Bourquin said the project will be back for a formal review as soon as possible for an opening next year.
Prairie Oaks
The council will consider a controversial plan for 108 apartments and 111 senior housing units in the Prairie Oaks apartment subdivision after the commission forwarded it on a 4-2 vote. The developer brought a nearly identical plan last month but resubmitted it last month with a revised phasing plan that would fit into the citys year-old apartment phasing policy, limiting apartment construction to 50 per year.
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way or no way. In the House of Representatives, four members from Wisconsin Sean Duffy, Paul Ryan, Tom Petri, and James Sensenbrenner stood with the Tea Party extremists. Their actions harmed the government they pledged to serve. We can help retire these men who led our country to the brink by supporting their opponents monetarily, and by urging friends and family who are their constituents to do likewise. A concerted effort to remove Tea Partiers who hate government will benefit Wisconsin and the nation. Tim White Town of Springdale
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Several dozen volunteers were busy Saturday morning helping sort items for the Verona Area Needs Networks Food Pantry at Sugar River United Methodist Church. Left, Verona High School students Keaton Knueppel and Whitney Murray fill boxes.
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What: Presentation on stress Where: Verona Performing Arts Center When: 4-6 p.m., Nov. 13 we lead that change instead of be led by it, Gorrell said. The event is open to the public and will also include a discussion period.
The Verona Area School District will offer a chance to learn from a local psychologist how stress and change can impact decision-making processes. Dr. Don Ferguson, who runs his local practice near Grays Tied House, will present from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Verona Performing Arts Center. The presentation will focus on how people respond to major, unwanted change, which can often lead to fight-or-flight responses that are not appropriate in interpersonal relationships, according to a description of the event. VASD superintendent Dean Gorrell, who helped organize the event, said Ferguson has presented to district administrators two times in the past, and he wanted to share the knowledge they got from those sessions with more people. We found him to be very beneficial, he said. Gorrell said he wants people to understand that having certain reactions to stress or change in life means youre normal, and thats a big part of Fergusons presentation. The district invited all Dane County superintendents and hopes many staff members will show up to learn how
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Child Development Story Time
Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to visit the librarys Story Room from 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, to learn how to enhance childrens language skills through reading and ask questions about their childs development during this story time led by therapists from Communication Innovations Pediatric Therapy Services. Annual Badger Ridge Middle School Food pantry talk Holiday Art and Craft Sale, from 9 Want to know more about the Vero- a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9, at na Food Pantry? Come to this infor- the school, 740 N. Main St. Call Nanmational meeting from 12:30-2 p.m., cy at 276-8594 for information. Friday, Nov. 8, at the senior center to find out what its all about and how to participate. Veterans Day recognition Come to Hometown Junction Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday, Nov. Pantry volunteers needed 11, to recognize Verona area veterans The Verona Area Needs Network and their service. Food Pantry needs your help to sort The event begins with the annual and shelve food from the Verona flag-raising ceremony, with musical Area High School Food Drive. Dates accompaniment by Randy Roisum. to volunteer are Saturdays on Nov. Lunch follows at 11:45, with presen9, 16, and Dec. 7, 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. tations and a guest speaker. The VANN Food Pantry is located at 130 N. Franklin St. (basement of Sugar River Church). Free memory screening In recognition of Alzheimers Craft bazaar Awareness Month, people are invited Come to St. Andrews Catholic to the Verona Senior Center from 10 Church Parish Center (301 N. Main a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 12, for St.) for the annual CCW Craft Bazaar a free screening. and Lunch from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Each screen takes about 15 minutes Saturday, Nov. 9. and is confidential. There will be crafts, a bake sale and a childrens shop where children can purchase gifts (with the help of some Saving One Kitty at a Time jolly elves). Angels Wish is dedicated to reducing animal overpopulation. Find out more from 12:30-2 p.m., Tuesday, Holiday art and craft sale Nov. 12, at the senior center through People are invited to the 17th a PowerPoint presentation.
Churches
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH 2951 Chapel Valley Road, Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Pastor Rich Johnson 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. worship times THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG 2833 Raritan Road, Fitchburg, WI 53711 (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday Worship: 8 and 10:45 a.m. THE CHURCH IN VERONA Verona Business Centre 535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona. (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Phil Haslanger GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA (608) 271-6633 Central: Raymond Road & Whitney Way SUNDAY 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. Worship West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona SUNDAY 9 &10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship LIVING HOPE CHURCH At the Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St. (608) 347-3827 livinghopeverona.com, info@livinghopeverona.com SUNDAY 10 a.m. Worship MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH 201 S. Main, Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead pastor: Jeremy Scott SUNDAY 10:15 a.m. Worship REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 102 N. Franklin Ave., Verona Pastor Dwight R. Wise (608)848-1836 www.redeemerbiblefellowship.org SUNDAY 10 a.m. Family Worship Service RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH Wisconsin Synod, 6705 Wesner Road, Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant Pastor: Jacob Haag THURSDAY 6:30 p.m. Worship SUNDAY 9 a.m. Worship Service ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC PARISH 301 N. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6613 Stchristopherverona.com Fr. William Vernon, pastor SATURDAY 5 p.m. Sunday Vigil, St. Andrew, Verona SUNDAY 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli 9 and 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass: Tuesday-Saturday at 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 427 S. Main Street, Verona (608) 845-6922 www.stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Services 5 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., Sunday - office hours 8-4 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 502 Mark Dr., Verona, WI Phone:(608) 845-7315 Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry www.salemchurchverona.org 9 a.m. Sunday School - 10:15 a.m. worship service - Staffed nursery from 8:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Hour SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA 2752 Town Hall Road (off County ID) (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Pastor: Jeff Jacobs SUNDAY 8:45 a.m. Communion Worship SUGAR RIVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor: Gary Holmes SUNDAY 9:00 & 10:30 Contemporary worship with childrens Sunday school. Refreshments and fellowship are between services. WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH 2920 Hwy. M, Verona, WI 53593 Sunday (nursery provided in a.m.) 9:15 a.m. - Praise and worship 10:45 - Sunday School (all ages) 6 p.m. - Small group Bible study ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Located at Hwy. 92 & Ct. Road G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 for information Pastor: Brad Brookins SUNDAY 10:15 a.m. Worship ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST At Hwy. 69 and PB, Paoli (608)845-5641 Rev. Sara Thiessen SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship
Anti-bullying presentation
Come to the Verona Senior Center from 9-11:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 8, to hear from Sgt. Lyan Losby on a firstof-its-kind anti-bullying law he created, which made national news. A breakfast will be provided. Call 8457471 for information.
Community calendar
10:30-11 a.m., child development story time, library 4-5 p.m., Get help with iPad technology from VAHS kids, senior center
Thursday, Nov. 7
9-11:30 a.m., anti-bullying presentation, senior center, 845-7471 12:30-2 p.m., Verona Food Pantry talk, senior center, 845-7471
Friday, Nov. 8
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Recognition ceremony, Hometown Junction Park 4:30-7 p.m., American Legion Veterans Day dinner, 207 Legion St., Verona 6:30 p.m., Finance committee, City Center 7 p.m., Common Council, City Center
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Andrews Catholic Church bazaar and lunch, 301 N. Main St., Verona 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 17th Annual Badger Ridge Middle School Holiday Art/Craft Sale, Badger Ridge Middle School, 276-8594 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., food pantry volunteer sorting, 130 N. Franklin St., vanncares.org
Saturday, Nov. 9
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Free memory screening, senior center, 845-7471 12:30-2 p.m., Saving One Kitty at a Time, senior center, 845-7471 7-8 p.m., meet author David Rhodes, library, 8457180
Tuesday, Nov. 12
8:30 a.m. to noon, Influenza shots, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7291 County Road PD, 241-7279
Sunday, Nov. 10
9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., food pantry volunteer sorting, 130 N. Franklin St., vanncares.org 6-8 p.m., legal workshop, library, 845-7180 6:30-8:30 p.m., firearm safety presentation, senior center, 845-7471
Thursday, Nov. 14
Monday, Nov. 11
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The Veterans of Foreign Wars Howard Schmid Post 8653 of Verona has purchased a marble bench in memory of all Mt. Vernon area veterans from Pechmann Memorials in Madison. It was installed in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery on Hwy. G by owner Gary Pechmann and his son Eric on Oct. 26. Above are members of Post 8653 Don Schmidt, a Vietnam War veteran, Pete Way, a Korean War veteran and Jim Kinney, an Iraq War veteran.
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After basic training at Fort McClellan in Alabama, she went to Fort Lee in Virginia where she lived in one of the first co-ed barracks. This is also where she met her husband, who shot and produced Army training videos. Rohan went into the service after high school because serving her country made sense, plus she wasnt exactly sure what she wanted to do career-wise. She grew up in an area of Iowa that described as similar to Verona Hometown, USA, and said the army helped her grow up fast. I was very naive, she said.
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Construction on Hwy. PB continues last Thursday afternoon. The road was open but construction workers were still busy at work. Dane County Highway Department engineer Greg Peterson told the Press that work should be wrapped up by Thanksgiving, but an exact completion date depends on the weather. Curbs and gutters have been installed, but some pavement work still needs to be finished.
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.....................................................................................................Adopted ..............Amended ................................................................................................2013-2014 ........... 2013-2014 ...................................................................................................... Budget ..................Budget GENERAL (10) FUND REVENUE 200 Local Sources .................................................................. 30,803,097 .......... 30,716,485 600 State Sources .................................................................. 28,003,543 .......... 28,358,277 700 Federal Sources ................................................................. 1,292,720 ............ 1,314,106 800 Other Sources ......................................................................... 66,362 ................. 37,562 TOTAL REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES .................. 61,214,158 .......... 61,474,866 GENERAL (10) FUND EXPENDITURES 100 000 Instruction ............................................................... 33,943,298 .......... 34,087,813 200 000 Support Services ..................................................... 20,460,371 .......... 20,576,564 TOTAL EXPENDITURES ............................................................... 61,214,158 .......... 61,474,866 PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND MILL RATE Total School Levy .................................................................. 33,518,976 .......... 33,432,364 Mill Rate ..................................................................................... 12.39 ................... 12.27
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Girls swimming
The Verona/Mount Horeb girls swimming team is as deep as its ever been this season and its a good thing as the Wildcats were able to swim to a second-place finish at the Big Eight Conference meet last Saturday despite the absence Beata Nelson of one of its top swimmers. Sophomore Beata Nelson was one of only two competitors to win both of their Rozeboom individual events at the meet, helping V/MH to 422.5 points despite the absence of senior Maddy Nelson, who sprained her ankle after falling down the bleachers at last weeks junior varsity conference meet in Middleton. We are a team, and Maddy and the other captains have done a great job at leading this team to believe that they are a force to watch out for, Wildcats head coach Halley Johnson said. Its about keeping them focused on what their goal has been all year. The absence of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recruit served as inspiration for everyone, especially younger sister Beata, the defending Division 1 state champion who established a new conference record in the 100-yard backstroke (55.27 seconds). She also anchored the Wildcats to comeback victories over Madison West in both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Veronas 200 free relay team of junior Shelby Rozeboom, freshmen Kristi Larsen and Maizie Seidl and Beata Nelson posted a meet-best time of 1:38.52, while the quartet of Becca Wilson, Lindsey Craig, Seidl and Beata Nelson held off the Regents 400 free relay by less than six-tenths of a second in 3:38.24. Beata opened the meet with a victory in the 200 individual
Junior Ryan Nameth (258) improved one place from last seasons third-place finish Saturday, taking second overall at the WIAA Division 1 boys state cross country meet in 15 minutes, 51.84 seconds. Big Eight rival and fellow junior Olin Hacker (986) of Madison West won the 5,000 meter race in 15:46.19.
If junior Ryan Nameth was going to lose Saturdays 101st annual WIAA Division 1 boys state cross country meet to anyone, the odds were that it would be Olin Hacker.
The only runner to beat Nameth all season, Hacker covered the 5,000 meter Ridges Golf Course in a state-best 15 minutes, 46.19 seconds. It was good enough to hold off Nameth, who finished runnerup a little over five seconds later in 15:51.84. Its a rivalry of course, but its not a bitter rivalry, Nameth said. Hes a good runner and he earns it. If youre going to lose to anyone,
losing to him doesnt hurt as much. But of course I dont like it. Having never run a cross country race before last season, Nameth went on to finish third in the state at Wisconsin Rapids a year ago. That experience certainly lessened the shock this time around. Last year when the bus pulled up, I remember just thinking, Wow. Knowing the course and all helps, but its the state meet, once
the gun fires pretty much anything can happen. Having a conference rival like Hacker will only make his goal of winning a state championship that much easier next year, Nameth said. The two of us have such a big advantage over everyone else because we get to compete against each other so much.
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Continued from page 9 While he improved one spot upon his finish a year ago, Nameth said he felt lucky to do so well Saturday. With about 1,000 meters to go, I thought I was going to have to settle for fourth, he said. As we got to a little less than a half mile to go, I just told myself, No. Im not settling for third place. In order for Nameth to get back and win a state title next year, Wildcats head coach Randy Marks said, Hes just got to keep doing what hes doing and stay healthy. Being out of running for five months puts you at a significant disadvantage. I think Ryan did everything he could this season and today. He cant have any regrets. Hackers teammates placed 16th through 44th as the defending state champion Regents finished runnerup to Stevens Point, 83-124. Eau Claire Memorial (126) rounded out the top three. Wauwatosa West senior Taylor Floydmews and River Falls Trent Powell were the only other D1 athletes to crack 16 minutes on the Ridges Golf Course, which ran much slower-than-usual. Wet and rainy conditions, not to mention five races beforehand, did their part in tearing up the course. I think next year the rivalry between Ryan and Hacker could get even more heated, Marks said. Nameth seemed to already be thinking the same thing. Asked if he could see Hacker winning Saturdays meet, Nameth said, half joking, I could see him winning it, but its not going to happen next year.
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Budget: Council majority expresses different priorities from Finance committee majority
Continued from page 1 still ended up with the exact numbers agreed to by Finance. This year everything is different. Priorities with a mostly new Common Council this year are varied, with the prevailing political leanings of the threemember Finance committee different from those of the council. With this in mind, the council will have three discussions on the budget in November beginning Monday rather than its usual two. City staff produced a list of 62 spending options and presented five scenarios, and it would not be a complete shock if the city went through a lengthy process of proposing individual amendments such as is often seen in Fitchburg. Ald. Luke Diaz (D-3) is part of the new contingent, and he was one of four alders unable to attend last Mondays Finance committee meeting, where the numbers that are being published in this weeks Verona Press were determined. In an email to the Verona Press, he lamented not being able to follow up on the discussion on video, as hed be able to with Common Council meetings. I wish the budget process was more transparent, he wrote. A lot of decisions are made at the Finance committee, and those meetings arent recorded on video even though the budget is the most important thing the city does. He could get his wish for more transparency, nonetheless, as the budget gets worked on by the council over the next three weeks. But nobody can say exactly how that will happen, since it will be new for everyone.
Budget proposal
(Numbers do not include TIF) Budget Levy Mill rate 2012 final $8 million $6.33 2013 requested $8.45 million $6.69 2013 recommended $8.24 million $6.52 2013 final $8.15 million $6.45 2014 requested $9.73 million $7.70* 2014 recommended $8.5 million $6.73* 2014 published $8.5 million $6.73* Change N/A +5.7% +2.97% +1.95% +17.9% +3% +3%
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2013: 1.95 percent 2012: 1.5 percent 2011: 3.7 percent* 2010: 3 percent* 2009: 0 percent 2008: 0 percent 2007: 3 percent 2006: 2 percent
* Effective rate for average homeowner was 1.5 percent higher because of addition of stormwater utility fee
I wish the budget Were not the only process was more taxing jurisdiction. transparent. A lot of It becomes an decisions are made affordability issue. at the Finance Id have to committee, and swallow pretty hard those meetings to support even arent recorded on (a 3 percent video. increase).
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Numbers game
The Finance committee last Monday recommended exactly the same budget as the mayor did, not so much because there was agreement on all the details, but rather on the target number. Its a surprisingly austere budget, despite having a 3 percent increase that the mayor generally considers the ceiling for tax increases. In five of the past eight years, the tax increase has been lower than that. But this year, simultaneous pleas from the library, public works, police and fire departments are putting elected officials in a pinch. Do they continue increasing a fire department budget that has nearly doubled since 2009, add a fourth or even fifth police officer in the past four budgets, agree to the first requested additional public works maintenance worker since 2006 or help the library catch up with growing circulation? The only answer thats certain is the council cant do it all. Even if the council goes with the maximum 8.7 percent mill-rate increase one that cashes in all its chips from prior debt spending and could put the city in a bind next year it could not provide all the funding requested by department heads. And that would be with a roughly
$150 hike on the average homeowners tax bill. Were not the only taxing jurisdiction, Ald. Scott Manley pointed out at last weeks meeting. It becomes an affordability issue. Id have to swallow pretty hard to support even (a 3 percent increase). Committee members clearly knew the numbers they were publishing were likely to draw some debate, so for the most part, they saved it for when the full group would be present. Though Ald. Mike Bare (D-4) attended the meeting, as did the full committee, four others did not. In discussions with the Press, Bare and fellow Alds. Diaz, Heather Reekie (D-4) and Dale Yurs (D-2) all agreed theyd like to see more help for the library which gets only a small market-rate adjustment for two top employees in the proposed budget and grant one of the police chiefs top priorities, a second lieutenant. That plan sent to the council which Ald. Liz Doyle (D-1) voted against after commenting on both of those issues -- instead includes funds for a patrolman, which costs $27,000 less when benefits are factored in. It also does not include the chiefs top priority, a raise for his existing lieutenant. Doyle said shed like to see a more detailed budget published to get better public interaction and therefore a better sense of the communitys priorities. Personally, I would like to see the lieutenant included in this budget, she added. I know that would bump us over 3 percent, but for reactionary purposes, I would like to see us go with (publishing a 5 percent increase) just to see if there is support for that.
Scenario 2s 3 percent hike. McGilvray worried last week that the nearly halfmillion-dollar requested increase by the Library Board responding to inquiries from some alders to show a big picture, and what it would cost to add Sunday hours would lead to unrestrained spending and favoritism by the newer members of the council. By going down that road we are choosing to support the library at a higher level, he told the committee. Id like to have information that says by doing that youre definitely going to hamper your ability to make these other adjustments (to staffing). Not a factor, amazingly, is the expenditure restraint shared funding the city has gotten all but one of the past eight years for keeping expenses below a certain threshold. Because it only applies to general funds, anything the city puts toward the library or fire department will not count. That means the city could put its entire request in, increasing the tax rate by 17.9 percent more than double the legal limit and still, quite ironically, qualify for next years expenditure restraint. Reekie noted those numbers and told the Press shes comfortable going a bit higher than the Finance committees recommendation. I think coming down to 4 or 5 percent is still reasonable, she said. I would want to see what other
perhaps smaller things that dont involve staff could be cut. One factor that could be a consideration in that decision is what other taxing jurisdictions are likely to do. More specifically, the property taxes in the Verona Area School District, which went up by $130 last year on an average Verona home, will go down by about $120 this year on the same home. For the city to even talk about drastically moving your taxes, its pure politicking, Yurs told the Press. Were 28 percent of the taxing authority.
that week comes to some sort of consensus so all the numbers can be properly calculated and prepared for the public hearing Nov. 25. Something like this has been expected all along, but city staff havent been certain how best to handle it. There are no city ordinances that deal specifically with this part of the budget, and theres little precedent. Alders could, in fact, decide on rules as they go along, but in absence of that, theyll submit all their amendments by next Friday and staff will attempt
to organize them piece by piece so they each can be considered or withdrawn on Nov. 25. The city traditionally approves its budget in the same meeting as the public hearing, usually the Monday before Thanksgiving. That information and final calculations from the state and other taxing jurisdictions are then sent to the county, which prints out tax bills in the order they are sent by municipalities. Tax bills generally arrive in the mail during the first two weeks of December.
A new process
On Monday, city administrator Bill Burns and finance director Cindy Engelke will give the presentation they usually deliver a week later, detailing the Finance committees recommendation along with the various options and a plethora of background information. That presentation, at 6:15 p.m. Monday, will be recorded on video, even though its a no-action Committee of Whole meeting. That will avoid the need for a repeat of the full presentation during the public hearing later in the month. Meanwhile, alders are being encouraged to submit amendments for the budget that will be discussed Nov. 18, at whats being described as a working meeting. The hope is that the council meeting as a Committee of the Whole
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Neither the maximum raise nor the flat tax have gotten any support but both were included in the city presentation for reference. A more realistic but still expensive option, which the staff labeled Scenario 4, is a 6.6 percent mill rate increase that would max out the citys taxing ability without the danger of applying the debt service exemption. Thats still high, though, so a more likely compromise is probably closer to the 5 percent represented by Scenario 3. Thats a number Finance committee members Alds. Scott Manley (D-2) and Mac McGilvray (D-1) couldnt stomach, so they reluctantly voted for
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Savanna Oaks principal Steve Penne said Terrells visit went along with the message the school has attempted to send for years to its students through its habits of community grades. The grade, structured like academic grades, is based on how students interact with others in the school. Weve spent a lot of time in this building in what we just call community-building activities, Penne said. You see some of these activities and kids say, Oh, we did the same thing at summer camp, and its really just getting kids to recognize and know one another as another human being. Thats a big one. While geographical challenges create an issue for starting high school mentoring with the students at his school, Penne said they instead send their students to Stoner Prairie to do their own mentoring, which gives them a chance to step up and be mentors to younger kids. That adds to the positive reinforcement the school focuses on in stamping out bullying through programs such as Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, which emphasizes rewarding positive behaviors rather than punishing negative ones. I think any time you try to
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Thomas A. Gibson, age 70, of Verona, passed away Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at his home. He was born May 31, 1943, in Neenah the son of Willard and Vivian (Law) Gibson. Tom graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in chemistry. He worked for the State Lab of Hygiene as a chemist for over 39 years until his retirement in 2005. Toms greatest passion was coin collecting. He loved to buy, trade and talk coins. His other treasures included guns, pistols, and swords. He was always more than happy to show them off. Above all, Tom enjoyed quiet time to himself, polishing stones and making jewelry, gardening, biking and reading. Survivors include his two sons, Keith and David Gibson, both of Madison and their mother, Carla (Mike) Dilorio of Madison; his wife, Donna Sweeney of Verona and her two children, Jennifer (Chad) Gieseke, Brian (Katie) Sweeney; five grandchildren, Alexander, Isaiah and Jacob Bowman, Ethan and Amelia Gieseke, all of Mount Horeb; a brother, Ronald (Lucy) Gibson of Madison; a sister, Joan (Jerry) Bascolm and their daughter, Jennifer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willard Gibson and Vivian Gibson Wilcox. A memorial visitation was held from 35 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at Ryan Funeral Home, Verona Chapel, 220 Enterprise Drive. Tom will always be remembered for his generosity and his very warm heart. Ryan Funeral Home
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The Town Board acting as Utility District #1 Commission members will begin the Utility District meeting with the following agenda: 1. Call to order 2. Approval of minutes for the 2012 district meeting 3. Public hearing regarding proposed 2014 Utility District #1 budget 4. Close public hearing 5. Discussion and action on proposed 2014 Utility District #1 budget 6. Adjourn the Commission Meeting David K. Combs Chair, Board of Supervisors
ANNUAL UTILITY DISTRICT MEETING ImmedIatelY followIng the general BUdget meetIng
Town of Verona If you need an interpreter, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to access this meeting, please contact the Town of Verona office @ 608-845-7187 or aarnold@town.verona. wi.us. Please do so at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that proper arrangements can be made. Published: November 7, 2013 WNAXLP
Case No. 13CV898 In the matter of the name change of: Devin James Parker By (Petitioner) Hollie Marie Rowan NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Devin James Parker
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, Rock COUNTY, NOTICE AND ORDER FOR NAME CHANGE HEARING
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To: Devin James Rowan Birth Certificate: Devin James Parker IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Dane County, State of Wisconsin: Judges Name: Daniel T. Dillon Place: Rock County Courthouse 51 S Main Street Janesville, WI 53545 Date: December 3, 2013 Time: 1:30 p.m. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Stoughton Courier Hub a newspaper publication in Dane County, State of Wisconsin. BY THE COURT: Daniel T. Dillon Circuit Court Judge August 1, 2013 Published: November 7, 14, and 21, 2013 WNAXLP
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Spirits were high at the Friday opening of the Wisconsin Brewing Companys tap room.
A new brew
The Wisconsin Brewing Company opened its doors to the public Nov. 1, offering tours of the brewery and its four beer offerings available in its tap room and around Verona. Hundreds flooded the muchanticipated building, located at 1079 American Way, to test the beers and get a first look at the operation. Monday, the beer spread to stores across Wisconsin and will continue to grow in the years to come if all goes to plan, president Carl Nolen said. Above, WBC Brewmaster Kirby Nelson pours beer from the tap in the WBC taproom Friday.
Wisconsin Brewing Company president Carl Nolen helps deliver kegs to Verona area bars Friday morning.
Physicians Plus and Meriter have a strong partnership. Together we deliver high quality, completely coordinated health care. From a wide range of plan options to help control costs, to one-on-one relationships with your doctor, its something your whole family can feel good about, now and into the future.
Brothers Carl and Mark Nolen, the president and chief financial officer of WBC, respectively, look at their brewing operation Friday.