Salem Lakes board apologizes for tax‑bill error; board handles routine year‑end finance and governance items
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Summary
Village staff apologized for a tax‑billing calculation error that required reissued bills and disclosed a shortfall of about $400,000. The board also approved several routine actions: meeting date change, vouchers totaling $648,784.25, a fund‑balance carryover resolution, minutes and a revised library joint‑operating agreement, and adjourned after closed session.
Village staff apologized to the board and residents for a calculation error on the 2026 tax bills (based on the 2025 rate) that required the county to reissue corrected bills. Finance staff said the error was tied to the village's TID calculation and produced a shortfall of more than $400,000; they said corrected bills will be mailed with a neon insert and an exterior label to draw attention and recommended constituents review the revised bill online or contact staff for reconciliation. Staff asked residents who mailed payments to await receipt notations; receipts will highlight any remaining amounts due.
During the meeting the board also handled multiple routine fiscal and governance actions by voice vote:
• Change meeting schedule back to Jan. 6 (motion approved).
• Approve amended conditional use permit for the Kenosha County Fair Association (9.1).
• Approve termination and release of recorded Dells Road/sewer requirement for a Bayer Development parcel (9.2).
• Give consensus direction to staff and financial advisers to begin statutory steps related to a proposed PAYGo TID for Brenner Fields and to present pro‑formas and the development agreement for review (9.3).
• Approve vouchers totaling $648,784.25 for November 2025 (10.1).
• Approve the expenditure report through November 2025 and a routine resolution (Resolution 2025.12‑150) to carry unspent fund balance forward into the 2026 budget (10.2–10.3).
• Approve revised community library joint operating agreement (item 11.2) and approve minutes from 12/02/2025.
The board then entered closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85 for legal and boundary‑agreement negotiations and reconvened with no reportable action. The meeting adjourned by voice vote.