Delafield board waives local hearings for Walgreens and Walmart appeals, moves them to circuit court

The City of Delafield Board of Review on May 12, 2025, granted requests to waive local Board of Review hearings and referred two commercial appeals to the Waukesha County Circuit Court. The motions to waive hearings covered Walgreens at 2901 Gulf Road (tax key DELC0807999010) and a Walmart property at 2863 Heritage Drive (tax key DELC0804994021).

For the Walgreens property, a board member moved to waive the hearing because the matter is commercially complex and appears likely to be litigated; a second was recorded and a roll call vote approved the waiver. The board clerk recorded affirmative votes from the mayor (chair), Craig Hynes, Paul Price, Janine Swall, Tom Wolfenberger and Steven Laughlin.

Board members described the Walgreens parcel as a commercial property with “complexities” that would be better resolved in the circuit court, with one member noting the likely redundant length of a local hearing given existing or anticipated litigation.

Separately, attorneys for Walmart (named in the packet as Stroben, Karnes, Frank, Hassiani and Bailey on behalf of Walmart Real Estate Business Trust) requested that the board waive its hearing on tax key DELC0804994021. The board indicated that the Walmart matter presented similar complexity and unanimously approved the waiver on a roll call vote.

Both waivers remove those matters from the Board of Review docket and allow the objectors to pursue their appeals through the circuit court process. The clerk will note the waivers in the municipal record and follow required notice procedures to affected parties.