Special Meeting to Exceed Levy Limit Resolution, Budget Hearing, Special Meeting to Approve Levy & Emergency Services: TOWN OF LEON SPECIAL MEETING RESOLUTION TO APPROVE EXCEEDING THE LEVY LIMIT FOR THE 2025 BUDGET WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024 NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF ELECTORS* Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 6:00 pm, at the Leon Town Hall, 8108 Jackrabbit Ave, Sparta, Wisconsin, a special meeting to approve exceeding the calculated levy by 28.6% which is $57,338.00 on the proposed 2025 budget of the Town of Leon, Monroe County, will be held.  This increase will be used to complete road projects that were removed from in the 2024 Budget due to budgetary limits, specifically reconstruction and seal coat maintenance to maintain the integrity of the roads in the Town of Leon.  The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection by appointment at the clerk’s office by calling 608-487-1964.  RESOLUTION OF TOWN BOARD PROPOSING TO EXCEED LEVY LIMIT VIA TOWN MEETING   Town of LEON_,  MONROE County Resolution No. __2024.11.13 Whereas, the State of Wisconsin has imposed levy limits on town, village, city, and county levies for 2024 and thereafter under Wis. Stat. § 66.0602; Whereas, Wis. Stat. § 66.0602 limits the allowable local levy for 2024 to a percentage increase of no more than the greater of (a) zero percent of the 2023 payable 2024 adjusted actual levy as calculated under the state’s levy limit law* or (b) a percentage equal to the percent change in equalized value due to net new construction less improvements removed, which for the Town of Leon is 0.598%. Whereas, the town board of the Town of Leon,  Monroe County, believes that for the 2024 tax levy (to be collected in 2025) it is in the town’s best interest to exceed the state levy limit as described above by a greater percentage than 0.589% Whereas, the Town of Leon’s 2023 payable 2024 adjusted actual tax levy was $ 199,082.00, and further whereas the state law would limit this year’s increase to $1565.00, for a total allowable town tax levy after adjustments for 2024 (to be collected in 2025) of $200,647.00;             THEREFORE, the town board of the Town of Leon, Monroe County does hereby resolve and order as follows: The town board supports an increase in the town tax levy for 2024 that will exceed the amount allowed by the state levy limit. The town board directs that the question of increasing the allowable town tax levy for 2024 (to be collected in 2025) by 65% (which would increase the town levy by $57,338.00, for a total tax levy (after adjustments) of $257,985.00 shall be placed on the agenda for the special town meeting to be held on November 13, 2024.               NOTICE TOWN OF LEON BUDGET HEARING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024 Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at immediately following the Town of Leon special meeting to approve exceeding the levy limit for the 2025 budget which begins at 6:00 pm, at the Leon Town Hall, 8108 Jackrabbit Ave, Sparta, Wisconsin, a public hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Town of Leon, Monroe County, will be held.  The proposed budget in detail is available for inspection by appointment at the clerk’s office by calling 608-487-1964.  The following is a summary of the proposed 2025 budget.     Budget Summary - Town of Leon             Proposed   2024   2025 Revenue Budget   Budget Intergovernmental Revenue $207,207   $218,707 Licenses & Permits $2,300   $2,300 Other Revenue $2,200   $2,200 Total Revenue $211,707   $223,207 Less Cash Balance $0   $20,000         Expenditures       Amount Required for Levy $211,577   $200,647 Approved Amount to Exceed Levy     $57,338 General Government $54,000   $57,000 Utilities $5,900   $5,900 Public Safety $81,912   $81,912 Public Works-Transportation $212,792   $284,700 Public Works-Sanitation $33,900   $36,900 Debt Service $34,780   $34,780 Total Expenditures $423,284   $501,192           TOWN OF LEON SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024 Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, immediately following the completion of the Special Meeting to Exceed the levy and the Public hearing on the proposed budget which begins at 6:00 pm at the Leon Town Hall, 8108 Jackrabbit Avenue, Sparta, Wisconsin, a special town meeting of the electors, called by the town board pursuant to Sec. 60.12(1)c of the Wisconsin Statutes, will be held for the following purposes: To approve the 2024 town tax levy to be collected in 2025 pursuant to Sec. 60.10(1)(a) of Wisconsin Statutes. To authorize the Town Board to hire town officers as employees of the town and set hourly wage pursuant to Sec 60.10(1)(g) of Wisconsin Statutes. Kristy Brown, Clerk, Town of Leon

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OPEN BOOK & BOARD OF REVIEW DATES

TOWN OF LEON

8108 Jackrabbit Ave.

Sparta, WI  54656

Phone (608) 269-5873

Email: [email protected]       website:  www.townofleon.com

 

 

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW ADJOURNMENT

TOWN OF LEON
Monroe County, State of Wisconsin

Board of Review will meet on the Wed. June 7, 2023 at 6 p.m. at the Town Hall for the purpose of calling the Board of Review into session during the 45-day period beginning on the April 24th, 2023, pursuant to Wis. Statutes Sec. 70.47(1).  

PUBLIC NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK

TOWN OF LEON,  Monroe County, State of Wisconsin

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town of Leon will hold OPEN BOOK will be held on MONDAY JUNE 5th, 2023 from 4:30-6:30 at the Leon Town Hall. This is an open meeting and an opportunity to review the assessment roll and discuss your taxes with the tax assessor.

 

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW

TOWN OF LEON   Monroe County, State of Wisconsin

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Leon, Monroe County, Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on Monday June 12, 2023 from 5pm to 7pm., at the Leon Town Hall at 8108 Jackrabbit Ave. Sparta, WI.  Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board:

 

  1. No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view such property being assessed.
  2. After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board about the person’s objection, except at a session of the board. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review.
  3. The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
  4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.
  5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.
  6. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s. 73.03 (2a), Wis. stats., that the assessor requests. The Town of Leon has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court.* The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1), Wis. stats.
  7. The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board, in its discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement.  
  8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

 

Notice is hereby given this 14th day of May, 2023.

 

Kristy Brown, Clerk

Town of Leon