Monday, February 11, 2013
Study examining space need at Waukesha County Courthouse will look at adding city offices to the county building.
A space needs analysis to determine if Waukesha County should rebuild or remodel the county courthouse could cost the city $15,632 as the city looks to see if it should locate offices to the courthouse. Waukesha County would pay $158,245 for the study that would review the possibility of relocating City Hall to the county building. The combined $173,877 expense is under the $250,000 budget proposed by the county. “The study will provide information on where the City Hall would be located in the building; what spaces could be shared; how access and security would be accommodated; the cost to the city for construction; other information needed to make an informed decision on this matter,” said City Administrator Ed Henschel in a memo to the …
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
While city taxpayers originally were facing a possible 2.32 percent tax increase, they could face a slightly smaller increase in 2013.
As Waukesha aldermen continue their review of the 2013 budget, City Administrator Ed Henschel is bringing forward a few budget changes that should be welcome news to the taxpayers. While the budget was proposed in October with a 2.32 percent increase in the propoerty tax levy, that increase is now being proposed at 0.59 percent. The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday to finalize its budget recommendations. A big expenditure is proposed in the budget’s capital improvement plan that will be funded through sewer use charges. The first phase of a massive sewer upgrade project is planned to begin in 2013 with the city borrowing $20.7 million to find the needed repairs, according to city staff. The sewer utility …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Waukesha Business Improvement District Board of Directors grows to five members after mass resignations, but it's still not enough for the board to conduct business.
The Waukesha Business Improvement District’s Board of Directors still does not have enough members to conduct meetings after some Waukesha aldermen were unhappy with Mayor Jeff Scrima’s appointments to the board. Ron Lostetter, vice president of finance at Carroll University; Nick Martinez, a downtown attorney and resident; and City Administrator Ed Henschel were appointed to the board Tuesday night by the Common Council. The board now has five working members but it needs seven board members present to meet and approve any BID-related business. Bill Huelsman and Natalie Walters were the only two remaining board members after the majority of the board resigned following outgoing Executive Director Meghan Sprager's accusations of bullying, …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima calls on Finance Committee "to do a better job of providing tax relief for our families and for our future" over the next six weeks.
City taxes could increase by 2.32 percent if the Waukesha Common Council approves the proposed 2013 budget as presented. Total city spending is increasing by 2.02 percent under the proposed budget, despite about $1.5 million in cuts already made – including a deputy fire chief and a firefighter. “As a new city administrator whose first day on the job for the City of Waukesha was Sept. 10, 2012, it was impossible to have the kind of fiscal impact on the budget that more time would have allowed,” wrote City Administrator Ed Henschel in his letter of transmittal to the Common Council. “In spite of that, you will find on the one hand some fairly bold recommended changes and on the other hand a status quo in some operations and service levels…
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Former Elm Grove village manager will receive $140,000 annual salary, however, he will receive reduced medical benefits.
Ed Henschel is officially Waukesha’s new city administrator. The Common Council unanimously approved his hire Tuesday night. He will be paid an annual salary of $140,000. However, the city will save $15,000 annually on his medical benefits package as he will not receive health insurance from Waukesha. Henschel, who was village manager of Elm Grove from 1977 to 1993, and Whitefish Bay from 1993 to 2000, will begin on Monday. Henschel is the executive director of the Wisconsin City/County Management Association, a post he has held since 2001. He also is the general manager and senior consultant for RW Management Group and an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Henschel said he is humbled by the appointment and that …
Sarah Millard
2:12 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Peter, they haven't approved the budget. It is still being finalized in the Finance Committee and then it has to go to the Common Council. Have you seen any of the meetings when aldermen go through line by line through the budget to cut items out? more ›