By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Possible changes to the village code as it relates to the number of dogs allowed in a residence were discussed at length Tuesday, March 16, by the Hobart village board. Upon reviewing Hobart’s municipal code, Village Administrator Aaron Kramer said it appears there are errors and contradictions for …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Following last month’s resignation of Hobart-Lawrence Municipal Judge Ronald Van Lanen, the village board agreed March 2 to appoint someone who previously was a municipal judge elsewhere in Brown County. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer said the appointment of Gregg Schreiber, a Lawrence resident who was a municipal judge …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The village board approved a motion Tuesday, March 2, to amend the 2020 general fund and debt service funds. This includes the transfer of $5,000 from the general fund property tax levy to the debt service fund revenue and another $95,000 from the general fund property tax levy …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The village board has scheduled a public hearing March 2 to implement the 2021 sewer volume rate. Board members discussed last month where to set the rate, based on whether to use cash reserves to offset the amount of an increase charged per 1,000 gallons. They agreed on …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Word of Brown County planning on discontinuing first payment collections of property taxes and turning that responsibility over to municipalities isn’t sitting well with the village board. The board postponed a vote Wednesday, Feb. 17, on a tax bill preparation agreement, in which the county would prepare the …
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By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – In November, Pieter deHart and his family moved a couple of miles south from New Franken to a home on Bellevue’s far-east side. The only thing they didn’t bring with them was high-speed broadband. “I talked to major providers and they said I’m too rural,” said deHart, the …
By Press Times Staff HOBART – Regardless of the school district, the percentage of the overall mill rate for services in Hobart is less than 25 percent. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer presented the Hobart village board earlier this month with a mill rate comparison as it relates to the 2020 tax bills payable this year. …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The village board agreed Feb. 2 to transfer three of Hobart’s reserve Class B liquor licenses to the Village of Ashwaubenon for $10,000 each. Hobart Clerk-Treasurer Erica Berger said she received a call from a Green Bay Packers employee who was wondering if the village had any reserve …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – A bid of $262,970 from CustomFIRE to purchase a new tender truck for the fire department was approved Tuesday, Feb. 2, by the village board. The new truck, which is expected to be delivered in around nine months, will replace an existing 1991 tender with a 1,850-gallon tank. …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The bulk of the village board’s meeting Tuesday, Jan. 19, literally went into the sewer. That’s because the board heard a presentation from representatives of NEW Water about sanitary sewer rates Hobart is being charged. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer said increasing sewer rates by NEW Water generated a …
