The clock is ticking for Williams Bay and Fontana, that are working on a brief timeline to spread the word about their emergency medical companies (EMS) funding referendum questions on the Nov. 8 fall normal election ballots.At the Sept. 6 village board assembly, Williams Bay Trustee Lowell Wright, chairman of the village’s Finance and Personnel Committee, famous village administration and board trustees are working with a brief “10-week window” to inform native residents about the EMS referendum query and the significance of extra taxpayer funding in help of enhanced 24-hour EMS companies for Williams Bay residents and guests.Village President William Duncan offered the board with a complete replace on the village’s marketing marketing campaign for its upcoming referendum.On Aug. 24, village trustees accredited the passage of Resolution R-26-2022 to exceed the village’s levy restrict and approve an EMS funding referendum query. Concurrently on Aug. 24, village trustees accredited coming into right into a $9,250 contract with Beloit-based Cindy Rowe Marketing to promote its EMS referendum.
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Reporting on a current assembly with Rowe that additionally included Tobin, Fontana Village Administrator Theresa Loomer and Williams Bay Fire Chief Doug Smith amongst others, Duncan mentioned he got here away “very impressed” with Rowe, calling her “very organized.”Fontana referendum On Sept. 6, Village of Fontana trustees accredited their very own EMS referendum contract with Cindy Rowe Marketing at a not-to-exceed price of $5,000 to market Fontana’s companion EMS referendum on the Nov. 8 poll.“Williams Bay has signed a contract with Cindy Rowe to deal with marketing for his or her EMS referendum,” Fontana Village Administrator Theresa Loomer reported to trustees. “They signed a extra elaborate settlement. I requested her (Rowe) for a extra concise proposal and she or he gave us two choices, one was for $6,750 and the different one was for $5,000.”Loomer mentioned the each proposals integrated quite a lot of marketing methods together with social media, web sites, movies, brand pictures and yard indicators, amongst different promotional avenues.Village president Patrick Kenny mentioned it made sense for Fontana to additionally contract with Cindy Rowe Marketing to make it possible for Fontana’s EMS referendum marketing efforts “are on the identical web page as Williams Bay.”“Doing it collectively is sensible,” Kenny mentioned of coordinated referendum marketing.Loomer agreed on the want for “continuity” amongst the intrinsically-linked EMS referendum campaigns.Loomer referred to as the expenditure of $5,000 in an effort to go a $678,077 referendum cash nicely spent.Fontana village trustees agreed, unanimously approving coming into right into a not-to-exceed $5,000 contract with Rowe.
Since June, the Village of Williams Bay has contracted with the Village of Fontana for the Fontana Fire Department to present its residents and guests with paid skilled 24-hour emergency medical service (EMS). Williams Bay and Fontana are each going to referendum on Nov. 8 to levy past their state-imposed levy limits to every fund the equal of seven full-time EMS positions, 14 complete, to present 24-hour EMS service to the two communities. Both communities have contracted with Beloit-based Cindy Rowe Marketing to market their respective EMS referendums in the run-up to the fall normal election poll. Pictured are Fontana Fire Department fireplace and EMS equipment awaiting name in the Merle Robinson Fontana Safety Building, 190 Fontana Blvd. in Fontana.
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Joint companies The Village of Williams Bay is contracting with the Village of Fontana for the Fontana Fire Department to present its residents and guests with paid skilled 24-hour emergency medical companies. Williams Bay and Fontana are each going to referendum on Nov. 8 to levy past their state-imposed levy limits to every fund the equal of seven full-time EMS positions, 14 complete, to present 24-hour EMS service to the two communities.“It’s actually necessary that we work collectively to be certain that they each go,” mentioned Williams Bay Village Administrator Becky Tobin of the two EMS referendums.On the Nov. 8 poll, the Williams Bay Village Board can be requesting elector authority to enhance the village’s levy restrict by 31.120% on an ongoing foundation to present extra funding for the provision of 24-hour emergency medical companies inside the village, leading to a village property tax levy of $3,910,373 —a rise of $928,077 for every fiscal 12 months going ahead.Separately, the Fontana EMS referendum decision query on the Nov. 8 poll will search voter approval to exceed the village’s present $4,196,047 property tax levy by $678,077 to increase present EMS funding inside Fontana’s village funds.Marketing promotions outlined on Rowe’s timeline for the Williams Bay referendum, shared by Duncan with Bay trustees on Sept. 6, embody all kinds of communication avenues together with a devoted referendum web site (williamsbayyes4ems.org); indicators, banners and yard indicators; a press launch; storytelling and testimonial movies; social media campaigns; informational city corridor referendum conferences; three direct mailers; newspaper letters to the editor; and participation in native group conferences.“There’s lots to do,” Tobin mentioned, noting a part of the plan is to work in shut collaboration with Village of Fontana officers.Objectives of the marketing marketing campaign are to educate the neighborhood; spend effectively on the marketing campaign; collaborate with the Village of Fontana; attain a variety of residents by means of quite a lot of media; and inspire residents to vote in favor of Williams Bay’s EMS referendum on the Nov. 8 fall normal election poll.Tobin mentioned she estimated that Williams Bay will spend $200,000 to $225,000 of the $300,000 it moved out of its reserve fund by the finish of the 12 months to pay for enhanced 24-hour EMS companies that the village has contracted from Fontana since June, as the EMS service ramped up staffing beneath the contract.Tobin famous that beneath the contract, Williams Bay is presently paying for 4 full-time EMS personnel, a quantity that will rise to seven if the referendum passes.Other considerationsWilliams Bay resident Jack Jones, 34 Elm St., appeared earlier than the board to share his considerations concerning neighboring Bayside Motel, 47 W. Geneva St., together with nuisance feral cats and fencing, noting the village had given the proprietor of Bayside “motion objects” to handle “earlier this 12 months,” requesting a standing replace.Tobin directed Jones to contact code enforcer Allison Schwark concerning standing replace info“The inhabitants of cats has declined however they’re not going away…,” Jones mentioned of his continued considerations. “The chain hyperlink fence was broken and lower up and so they’re not doing something about it … It’s large eyesore and considerably of a hazard.”
The Williams Bay Village Board on Sept. 6 acquired complaints from village resident Jack Jones, 34 Elm St., concerning neighboring Bayside Mote…
Jones additionally expressed considerations that Bayside’s proprietor had allowed timber to develop into the fencing.Addressing a unique subject, Jones inspired Williams Bay trustees and administration to discover doable implementing of paid parking as one other income.“All different communities round Geneva Lake and plenty of, many different communities round the U.S. use this as a approach to acquire extra income with out impacting present residents,” Jones mentioned. “I’ve by no means seen a neighborhood that may’t use the cash … I believe it could be a fantastic income stream, particularly since we now have such a excessive site visitors fee of individuals coming in throughout the summer time.”Lastly, Jones mentioned that with the village’s new complete plan he’d like to see the village undertake “some visible requirements or different requirements be used or carried out to make the space throughout from Clear Waters Hair Salon extra visually interesting.”“I don’t really feel it actually matches with many different of the village companies and it’s principally only a warehouse for the proprietor,” he mentioned of the property situated at 80 N. Walworth Ave., on the nook of Walworth Avenue and Geneva Street (State Hwy. 67), throughout Geneva Street from the Bay Centre Building. “It’s sort of an eyesore and I believe it may look lots higher … That nook is sort of a cornerstore, everyone goes by it, so I’d like to see it higher.”
The Williams Bay Village Board on Sept. 6 acquired a criticism from village resident Jack Jones about the vacant constructing at 80 N. Walworth Av…
Anniversaries acknowledgedIn different developments at the Sept. 6 village board assembly, Duncan acknowledged staff marking milestone anniversaries in 2022:Williams Bay Police Department Chief Justin P. Timm, 5 years.Williams Bay Police Department Lt. Will Kostock, 5 years.Williams Bay Recreation Department Director Dave Rowland, 10 years.Williams Bay Public Works Director Wayne Edwards, 15 years.Williams Bay Village Treasurer Lori Peternell, 5 years.A spherical of applause was provided by these in attendance in recognition of the anniversary achievements.
25 Photos from the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Ceremony in Williams Bay
Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Honor Guard and Color Guard parade on Memorial Day
Honor Guard and Color Guard members of Geneva Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373 lead the publish’s 2022 Memorial Day parade down Geneva Street in downtown Williams Bay on May 30. The 10:30 a.m. parade ended at the Veterans Memorial in Edgewater Park, the place the publish held solemn 11 a.m. Memorial Day observances in honor of the nation’s struggle lifeless.
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Veterans American Legion Riders on parade in downtown Williams Bay on Memorial Day
Flag-waving American Legion Riders motorcyclists from Lake Geneva, Mukwonago and different surrounding communities had been amongst the greater than 20 teams taking part in Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373’s May 30 Memorial Day parade by means of downtown Williams Bay. For extra images from the occasion see web page D3.
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Williams Bay Fire Department Assistant Chief Paul Nicholson.greets Memorial Day parade-goers
Williams Bay Fire Department assistant chief Paul Nicholson greets parade-goers and tosses sweet alongside Geneva Street throughout the Memorial Day parade by means of downtown Williams Bay on May 30.
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Williams Bay High School Band marches in Memorial Day parade
Members of the Williams Bay High School Band play patriotic music as they march down Geneva Street May 30 throughout the Memorial Day parade hosted by Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373. At the solemn Memorial Day service that adopted at the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park, the band, beneath the path of band trainer Nate Weirick, performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “On Wisconsin.”
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Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Commander Ron Grabski provides keynote Memorial Day speech
With the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park as a patrotic background, Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Commander Ron Grabski presides May 30 over solemn Memorial Day observances. Here, Grabski provides his keynote Memorial Day handle. Noted Grabski, “During the 12 months we have fun many holidays … Memorial Day is completely different. It isn’t a celebration. It is a day of sacred remembrance of those that gave their lives so we will have fun these days as a free nation.”
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Veterans Quilts of Valor presentation at 2022 Memorial Day ceremony at Williams Bay
Kate Franzen, left, representing Quilts of Valor, presents a patriotic quilt to retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jose “Marty” Martinez throughout solemn Memorial Day observances May 30 at the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park in downtown Williams Bay. Martinez served a number of excursions of responsibility in Afghanistan and Iraq. The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cowl service members and veterans touched by struggle with comforting and therapeutic patriotic Quilts of Valor.
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Williams Bay High School freshman Lacy Silverman reads “In Flanders Fields”
As Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Commander Ron Grabski (proper) appears to be like on, Williams Bay High School freshman Lacy Silverman reads the World War I poem “In Flanders Field” throughout the publish’s solemn Memorial Day observances at the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park. Silverman is the 2021 recipient of the publish’s management award.
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The Williams Bay High School Choir performs throughout Memorial Day observances at Edgewater Park
The Willians Bay High School Choir, beneath the path of choral trainer Jessica Miles, carried out “Thank You, Soldiers” and “The Armed Forces Medley” throughout solemn Memorial Day observances May 30 at the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park in Williams Bay.
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Veterans Wreath at Williams Bay Veterans Memorial
Solemn May 30 Memorial Day observances by Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 included the ceremonial laying of a wreath at the Veterans Memorial at lakeside Edgewater Park in Williams Bay. The wreath was laid at the Veterans Memorial by VFW member Army Sgt. Wayne Rulin, a Korean War veteran.
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Williams Bay High School Class of 2022 senior Cole Birkett performs “Taps” on Memorial Day
Williams Bay High School Class of 2022 senior Cole Birkett performed the navy bugle name “Taps” at Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373’s solemn Memorial Day observance at the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park in Williams Bay. Birkett is the 2022 recipient of the publish’s Gerald “Sarge” Eaton Memorial Scholarship,
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Pastor Sean Walker provides prayers at Williams Bay Memorial Day observances
Pastor Sean Walker (left) of Chapel on the Hill gave opening and shutting prayers at the solemn Memorial Day ceremonies performed by Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 on May 30 at the Veterans Memorial at Edgewater Park in Williams Bay. Post Commander Ron Grabskl appears to be like on at proper.
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