Sunday, October 13, 2019

Wisconsin Dells Annual Finance Committee Process Has Whole Area Scraping For Money

The City of Wisconsin Dells Finance Committee has started the annual budget process.  Money is exceedingly tight due to the 3 large projects competing for scarce community resources.  The 3 large projects are:

- Elm Street Outdoor Plaza

- Lake Delton Law Enforcement Building Alcan and Miller

- High School Along Rocky Arbor State Park

These three projects are consuming a huge amount of the areas public resources.  City of Wisconsin Dells Departments for the 2020 budget are instructed to come in at an increase of 2 percent or less.  This is difficult knowing this small rural resort community is also home to more than 4500 work experience travelers who come from outside of the Country through the J1VISA Immigration Programming and temporarily live in Wisconsin Dells.

The City of Wisconsin Dells Legislative Committee is considering charging residential property owners who provide space for Wo-Zha-Wa fall festival vendors as a way to increase revenue.  The community is anticipating additional fund raising with the vacationing families at the resorts being the target population.  Fund raising is a strategy to populate a business location and create revenue that improves the operators annual profit calculation.  This is accepted and employed frequently throughout the Wisconsin Dells area.

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