Lake Geneva, Wisconsin’s popular reality cable TV show over the appointment of Spyro Condos continues to entertain residents when, during the last city council meeting of 2009, another attempt was made to fill the council seat vacated in July by Gary Dunham. Perhaps the city should consider syndicating the show on a national level, it [...]
The city of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin balanced their 2009 budget with the last of it’s 2006 bond issue proceeds. Residents will be paying off one bond issue till 2010, and making payments on the other till 2016. In 2006 Lake Geneva floated one bond issue of $4.39M with level payments amortized over 10 years and [...]
On December 14th, 2009 the city council will decide if city taxpayers will continue to lease boat slips and buoys to three corporations at below market rates despite 133 persons on the city waiting list to rent boat slips and buoys. According to Harbor Master Chuck Gray the city would have no problem renting the [...]
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Warren Flitcroft Business Manager for Lake Geneva Schools recommends turning part of Dunn field into a parking lot of greater than 200 parking spaces. The school will lose the baseball field. Plans were presented to the city council on 4.13.2009. The parking lot will serve both the school and downtown tourist parking. [...]
Despite in excess of 117 persons on the waiting list to rent city boat slips and buoys, some for up to 10 years, Alderman’s Marsala and Krause make a motion to renew leases for 24 buoys and 14 slips to three corporations till 2011. The prices they are paying are less than individuals on the [...]
Earth Hour is a open-source movement against global warming. On Saturday, March 28, at 8:30 p.m. in each time zone, millions of people in thousands of cities are expected to turn off the lights for one hour to raise people’s consciousness about the link between global warming and energy use. THIS SATURDAY 28 MARCH AT [...]
City of Lake Geneva will lose over 3000 ash trees due to the infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in a matter of several years so stated Alderperson Mary Joe Fesenmaier in her report to the city council on 3.2.2009. At the city council meeting on 03.09.2009 Alderperson Fesenmaier added $200,000 to the TIF [...]