Town vote keeps most land outside of Waukesha water area

May 03, 2013
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By Don Behm of the Journal Sentinel

May 03, 2013 0

Town of Waukesha - Town Chairman John Marek said Friday he was unable to persuade a majority of the Town Board at a special meeting Thursday to place most of the municipality in the City of Waukesha's water service area.

The board did not rescind a January decision to include only a small northern portion of the town within the service area boundary. As a consequence, most town property owners will be left out of the area and unable to connect to city water or sewer service in the future, Marek said.

The Town Board Thursday reaffirmed a proposal setting several conditions for including most of the town in the service area. The offer, first approved at a board meeting Monday, was rejected by City Administrator Ed Henschel.

Henschel said Friday his position has not changed. There is no time to negotiate terms of the proposed development agreement, revenue sharing agreement or other conditions, he said.

An April 30 deadline set by the city for a final decision has passed.

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Don Behm reports on Milwaukee County government, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, the environment and communities in southeastern Wisconsin. He has won reporting awards for investigations of Great Lakes water pollution, Milwaukee's cryptosporidiosis outbreak, and the deaths of three sewer construction workers in a Menomonee Valley methane explosion.

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