CCR2017091-Preliminary WCA
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
RESOLUTION #091-2017
PRELIMINARY RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO LEVY
AREA-WIDE WATER CAPACITY ASSESSMENT FOR DEBT SERVICE
FOR WATER SERVICE UNDER §66.0703, WISCONSIN STATUTES
(18th Amended WCA District)
RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Muskego, Waukesha County,
Wisconsin, as follows:
1. The Common Council hereby declares its intent to exercise its police
power under §66.0703, Wisconsin Statutes to levy area-wide water capacity
assessments upon property within the following described territory located within the City
for benefits conferred upon such properties as a result of debt service and retirement for
water connections to provide water service to the entire territory described:
See attached legal description marked Exhibit “A”
and attached map marked Exhibit “B”
2. The amount of the water capacity assessment (WCA) proposed to be
levied shall be determined by the City’s Financial Consultant, its consulting engineer and
the Public Works Committee, and it is anticipated that said assessment shall be
determined on a residential equivalency unit basis.
3. The assessment proposed to be levied is to be levied against all lots and
parcels of real estate located within the territory above described which are not
presently, at the time of the final resolution levying the special assessment, actually
connected to the public water and receiving the immediate benefit, and against all lots
and parcels of real estate actually connected and receiving an immediate benefit.
4. The water capacity assessment (WCA) proposed to be levied is based
upon the police power of the City of Muskego and is to be levied for the benefit given to
all unconnected real estate in the City of Muskego for the benefit conferred upon that
unconnected real estate for the availability of a capacity in the water system and against
all connected real estate for the immediate capacity now to be utilized.
5. The water capacity assessment (WCA) proposed to be levied herein may
be allowed to be paid in installments. The exact schedule of those properties
immediately assessed and installments thereon shall be determined when the final
resolution is adopted.
6. The Director of Public Works and Development or Designee for the City
of Muskego is hereby directed to prepare a report providing for all estimated costs of the
total water capacity purchased, a total list of all properties to be assessed and a
schedule of proposed assessments against the specific properties to be assessed. Said
report, when completed, shall be filed with the City Clerk.
7. The City Clerk, after receiving the report, is directed to publish a Class 1
Notice of a Public Hearing, under Chapter 985 of the Wisconsin Statutes, on this
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proposed resolution levying special assessments, the hearing to be held at City Hall at a
time set by the Clerk as specified in §66.0703(7)(a), Wisconsin Statutes.
TH
DATED THIS 14 DAY OF NOVEMBER , 2017.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
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Kathy Chiaverotti, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sharon Mueller, Clerk-Treasurer