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- The consent agenda (March minutes and a list of claims dated March 19, 2025) was approved on a motion by Mr. Godfrey with a second by Mr. Mullen; the chair announced the motion passed unanimously.

- The council approved a Class B fermented malt beverage license (May 1–Oct. 1, 2025) for Fond du Lac Softball Inc., agent Marie Schumacher, for the Lakeside Park Softball Island concession. The introduction was by City Clerk Hefter; the motion to approve was made by Mr. Zimmerman and seconded by Mr. Heisler, and passed unanimously.

- The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Mr. Zimmerman, second by Mr. Heisler; the motion passed unanimously.

All recorded votes in the transcript were announced as unanimous. The clerk’s packet noted no changes to officers or agents for the license request and staff recommended approval.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Fond du Lac City Council Meeting || 6pm || 3/26/25","oneSentenceSummary","Council unanimously approved the consent agenda, renewed a Class B fermented malt beverage license for Fond du Lac Softball Inc., and adjourned; motions and movers recorded.","taxTitle","Fond du Lac City, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin","taxId",56044,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6102782,"Administration proposes ordinance change to enable city financial assistance for lead service-line replacements",0,3600000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2803348-bb1a4e58ba88cd9fc8468ea707b285e9&start=3600&end=3600","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2803348-bb1a4e58ba88cd9fc8468ea707b285e9/thumbnail_3600000.jpg","/articles/6102782/Fond-du-Lac-City/Fond-du-Lac-County/Wisconsin/Administration-proposes-ordinance-change-to-enable-city-financial-assistance-for-lead-service-line-replacements","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6102782-2d874a1fd49d4145bd04f2e9cce06b20/orig.mp4?Expires=1775268297&Signature=Dtfcm6fvYtabctyZqEZWbLNCaFKKH0Sx2L0aJ7gO-R6QLLYt~ntsR8rAxg3DByAY18VUc5u~0kgA2ytqpDbZR0fMZq9d~WKzeBjTZh4Y6XeghIvcktROGxtcwSptgzk0YPCA2gQaaAmyEIDxqnhU7CP~1N7hMNmLG4EKAeGwBwQDQoz9Aa7HuUMJKU3MAD~tVO6f4laLKTSqCtC5AsVpTA8qwe20t13Hd2ek5GmAmU4KY75zdjUu7aAj5gfZIPYyNx73d-kU3-6hGlTE9bihmSbcdsnbNrK2lA5vgViPWDjo0I9XZsW5j29iaN4e9KhENBpzQDEty8Bxs2gxPEcWPw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Director of Administration Tricia Davy told the Fond du Lac City Council on March 26 that the city needs a narrow ordinance amendment to allow municipal financial assistance for lead service-line replacements so the community can access Wisconsin DNR safe drinking water loans.

Davy said the Public Service Commission considers the water utility and the municipality separate entities and recently ruled that a water utility may not pledge future utility revenues when closing on a DNR safe drinking water loan for lead service removals. Because of that PSC position, the DNR will now allow a municipality itself to pledge future revenues for loan repayments when the municipality provides the assistance. Davy said the proposed change would add language to the city’s lead-service ordinance to authorize the city, alongside the water utility, to provide that financial assistance. She said the full text of the ordinance changes was included with the agenda packet and that the amendment will return for council action in two weeks.

Davy said the program itself is unchanged and that staff are presenting the ordinance language now to enable access to the loan funds; she offered to answer questions and noted that the Public Service Commission reviewed the issue and had no objection to the municipal pledge approach described. The council had no questions at the March 26 meeting; Davy said the item will be scheduled as an action item at the next council meeting for a vote.","Director of administration asked council to add language to the city ordinance so the municipality may pledge future revenues to enable access to DNR safe drinking water loan funds for lead service-line replacements; item returns as an action in two weeks.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6102787,"City engineer reports compliance with stormwater permit, highlights storm-sewer work and 'Adopt a Drain' growth",193,3292000,3485000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2803348-bb1a4e58ba88cd9fc8468ea707b285e9&start=3292&end=3485","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2803348-bb1a4e58ba88cd9fc8468ea707b285e9/thumbnail_3292000.jpg","/articles/6102787/Fond-du-Lac-City/Fond-du-Lac-County/Wisconsin/City-engineer-reports-compliance-with-stormwater-permit-highlights-storm-sewer-work-and-Adopt-a-Drain-growth","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6102787-2f07929c37dde8537b15a0ba1de34e25/orig.mp4?Expires=1775268297&Signature=L763V4ArEukLAkIlaVapNl2pPhGFjUxapVxqDTmMCx70mvr9XVmU6rG0xtYXS1LDjOVyY6RJYbUeyZwJ75IKUhrbCfuHyflnA90WlPYtmVS72VcA4NlFkh4H-HQfcEQizP4NIN53PLkbT7oWSlzcXbU0dscQOAs0hxDaIanNVqi95m02~XUl7Dz3g1PvvCtnwP5OFwOm71tO4iAawKvNEPqYWKVr66YZHL9JbJhc3Q7VXtMbDutV~ELodCivcei4KEcCd9ZYM50HAFXVGCfLJiaulTJWXcWttq90ZvQWoMqGSG0Ml91nG9W1UlD~4xMFdnNwUBEvHN4g3XNNYkISfQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City Engineer Johnson presented the Fond du Lac City Council with the city’s annual stormwater report on March 26, summarizing activities related to the city’s DNR-issued stormwater discharge permit and ongoing maintenance to reduce flooding risks.

Johnson said the annual report and a summary memo were included in the council packet and credited stormwater engineer Nick Walschmidt for preparing the materials. The report documents the city’s permit compliance work over the previous year and is required to be submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Council members thanked the department for noticeable improvements in downtown flooding since the major events four years ago. Johnson said routine maintenance—checking and clearing inlets, targeted camera inspections where problems persist—and capital projects have reduced downtown flooding and that crews can respond quickly to citizen requests to inspect inlets. He also said the city has about 106 adopted storm drains through the Adopt a Drain program and that staff are updating the program web pages to encourage more participation.

When council members raised recurring flooding on particular streets, Johnson said staff will dispatch maintenance crews to inspect inlets quickly and will pursue further study and pipe condition cameras if problems persist.

The annual report itself remains the formal record submitted to the DNR; Johnson asked the council for questions and said staff would accept feedback before the report is filed.","Fond du Lac’s city engineer presented the annual stormwater quality permit report, credited staff for flood-reduction efforts, and reported expansion of the Adopt a Drain program.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6102791,"Fond du Lac officials brief council on citywide property revaluation, letters to go out April 23",2034,176000,2210000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2803348-bb1a4e58ba88cd9fc8468ea707b285e9&start=176&end=2210","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2803348-bb1a4e58ba88cd9fc8468ea707b285e9/thumbnail_176000.jpg","/articles/6102791/Fond-du-Lac-City/Fond-du-Lac-County/Wisconsin/Fond-du-Lac-officials-brief-council-on-citywide-property-revaluation-letters-to-go-out-April-23","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6102791-a17250dce802bea3c4840da4dc5eb9fd/orig.mp4?Expires=1775268297&Signature=dkCazWYovG0RkI4S8ZDYlEOPtMm-6uJVH-dkOl~HN6gLiCP9NT9d8untXhX3TFmcpJ9M663eBoSbsOgZJh8j8hmtxu4jn4HswOJW9PeQPLkoS3jBEDRJ1TOdX26wUFryWjXTXpVVzJy3d3xA~77aiyO6WMwjnZ2R5hc5I30R2Um0kAgKvZgvBXTaljRdNg5azsAxS27s2smbKlYf7Rm2MjwHCcd0UUme02pZqeqHIApTh9KGwTARg0BJMkNEkj4q~XVMeUG7Gi~Az-pEr0ODWJiJHtOqrjHbwUQM6QpMor3s3NGSht95l-~p1ZesYFUJykjkv5n34kaH8rx183iUvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City Manager Joe Moore and administration staff told the Fond du Lac City Council on March 26 that the city is conducting a revaluation of property assessments after assessed values fell well below the state’s equalized value estimate.

Moore said the disparity has triggered a revaluation because the city’s assessment ratio is roughly 0.6 (assessed value divided by the Department of Revenue’s equalized value), well outside the Department of Revenue’s 0.9–1.1 guidance. He told council members the city will mail roughly 16,000 letters with new assessments on April 23 and plans a council presentation that same day to explain the results and expected public questions.

The revaluation will be based on parcel-level assessments done by the city assessor and contractor staff; the state’s Department of Revenue issues an equalized value estimate for municipal markets. Moore illustrated that assessed values are the denominator in the tax-rate formula and emphasized that reassessment alone does not change the city’s tax levy. “Assessors, they have nothing to do with setting property taxes, and I mean nothing,” Moore said, adding that the governing body sets the levy.

Staff gave several numeric points to illustrate the scope: the city’s combined assessed value as of Jan. 1, 2024, was presented as about $3.0 billion, while the Department of Revenue’s equalized value was shown as about $4.5 billion; roughly 95% of the city’s tax base is residential and commercial and about 5% is manufacturing (manufacturing values are handled annually by the DOR). Staff said the current forecast for the average increase in assessed value citywide is about 60 percent, but that final numbers will be available before the April 23 mailing. Moore said the last citywide revaluation occurred in 2019.

Senior accountant Tessa Schmidt walked the council through simple examples to show why some owners will see tax bills fall while others rise: whether an individual property’s tax bill increases depends on how that parcel’s change compares with the citywide average. Schmidt used a four-house hypothetical to show that when every property changes by the same percentage, individual shares remain the same; when increases vary, an owner whose property increased less than the average can pay a smaller share of the levy.

Council members asked about cost, appeals and timeline. Moore said the revaluation contract work and staff augmentation cost is roughly $275,000 and that municipalities across the state have conducted revaluations in recent years because of strong market increases. He noted statutory “open book” meetings with the assessor and the formal board of review process will follow the letter mailing; staff said they will present exact appeal deadlines and procedures at the April meeting and that open book and board-of-review steps are required by state law.

Moore and Schmidt also described planned public outreach: a press release and social media campaign timed to move from general information to property-specific mailings, and an on-demand video of the March 26 presentation that council members can point residents to for details. Moore asked council members for questions they expect from constituents so staff can refine messaging and prepare for likely high volumes of phone calls and in-person inquiries after the mailing.

Moore reiterated that the tax levy approved by the council in November will remain the determining factor for city revenue and that reassessment alone changes the tax rate (levy divided by assessed value) rather than automatically increasing city tax collections. He said staff expects a busy period during late April and May as residents contact the assessor or participate in open-book sessions before any formal appeals are filed.

The presentation closed with staff promising to return April 23 with final assessment averages, appeal timing and additional public-facing materials.","City staff told the Fond du Lac City Council that a revaluation will reset assessed values after assessments lagged market values; staff estimated an average increase and outlined outreach, appeals and next steps.","actionData","errors"]

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