The Edwards Bypass extension was approved by the voters of Lake Geneva for $2.9M in April of 2007 is being delayed by the property owners in the way of the project. The city will have to use eminent domain proceedings against the two properties unless the Lake Geneva gets 100% of it paid for by [...]

City of Lake Geneva Wisconsin 03.23.2009 City council unanimously approves all TIF projects of $14.5M and adds another $1.5 to $1.9M that was recommended by staff. This brings the total to $16.2M.  Gary Dunham makes the motion, seconded by Tolar, to approve all documents from the staff and send them on to the TIF consultant [...]

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 [...]

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Mayor Chesen’s AD Hoc TIF spending committee gets a haircut. Alderpersons Fesenmaier, Roehrer, and Spellman made a bold effort to close the downtown TIF district next year and thus reduce city of Lake Geneva’s real estate taxes between 12 and 18%. In the final numbers Fesenmaier believes the council has “padded” every [...]

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 [...]

Lake Geneva. Plan Commission member Alan Kupsik’s troubles with the work he was to do for the fire department continue.According Lake Geneva’s business administrator Dennis Jordan, Mr. Kupsik sent another invoice to be paid for work he is doing on the fire station’s HAVC system. According to Mr. Jordan the Police & Fire Commission (P&FC) [...]