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Middleton committee reviews three financing scenarios for proposed community campus; tax impacts vary by size
Summary
City finance staff presented three conceptual borrowing scenarios for a proposed community campus that show widely different tax impacts: a $65M plan with modest homeowner increases, an $85M plan that could hold the equalized tax rate steady for a decade, and a $110M plan with a larger upfront tax increase. Staff said scenarios remain conceptual and will be refined.
Bill presented three conceptual borrowing scenarios to the Middleton Finance & Personnel Committee on Dec. 2, saying the work builds on earlier studies and consultant support and “these are still conceptual.”
The presentation assumed borrowing in 2027 using 20-year general-obligation notes, a working interest-rate assumption of about 4%, no identified offsets such as grants or impact fees, and modest annual growth in equalized value and new construction. Using a current median home value of $531,000 (city assessor estimate cited in the presentation), staff modeled three project sizes: $65 million, $85 million and $110 million.
Why it matters: the scenarios show how timing, debt structure and the scheduled closure of Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) District No. 3 could change the city’s capacity to add facility debt without producing…
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