Stopped financially harmful special assessments for road improvements. (See More)
- Without raising taxes
- Without adding to Town debt
- Without sacrificing road quality
Eliminated the costly practice of automatically urbanizing all roads.
Implemented standard best practice of using roadside ditches and swales where easily maintainable by property owners. (See More)
Advantages include:
- Significantly lower road construction costs
- Lower ongoing road maintenance costs (including costly street sweeping)
- Reduced downstream and upstream flooding
- Reduced need to construct and maintain costly stormwater retention ponds
- Reduced amounts of chemical runoff flowing into waterways from storm sewers
- Fewer Wisconsin DNR maintenance requirements
- Advocated by University of Wisconsin environmental sciences and the Wisconsin DNR
Co-author of proposed resident-friendly water and sanitary sewer ordinance. (See More)
Primary provisions include:
- Protection of property owner rights. No one is required to connect to a municipal service unless it is wanted.
- Eliminates current inconsistencies that exist in water and sanitary sewer connection policies.
- Everyone wanting municipal services pays the true cost of those services. No one subsidizes a service being provided primarily for the benefit of others.
- Water and sanitary sewer lines will only be installed that generate positive Town revenue streams.
- Water and sanitary sewer lines will only be installed where usage volume is sufficient to function properly.
Support and promote strong, cost-effective public safety (police and fire) programs. (See More)
Facility Needs:
- More space for a growing police staff.
- Tactical shooting range for officer training.
- Future Third Fire Station as Town expands to the west.
Working to eliminate development-related drainage and flooding problems. (See More)
Work includes:
- Mapping all Town floodplains.
- Restricting development that would potentially cause up-stream and down-stream flooding.
- Respecting wetland development setbacks.
Maintaining a low property tax rate that provides good value to residents and property owners.
Working to make capital improvement projects more cost effective and a better value for tax payers. (See More)
(This is especially important in today’s high inflation environment.)
Improvements include:
- Eliminated the common practice of including 30-40 percent add-on project contingency fees.
- Advocating for better project cost estimating practices.
- Initiated the practice of identifying options regarding project scope and cost.
- Asking important project scope and project cost questions in order to obtain the best possible results for our Town and our residents.
Finding the source of the Town’s large and costly long-term water system loss. (See More)
Potential sources of loss include:
- System leaks?
- Metering problems?
- Undocumented usage?
Responsive to resident questions and issues.
My Job as a Town Board Supervisor (See More)
“I believe my job as a Town Board Supervisor is to understand the issues facing our Town in order to protect the interests of our residents and taxpayers. I do not “rubber stamp” projects. In order to be effective, I take the time to research issues, ask questions and help in the development of positive and beneficial solutions, ordinances, polices and direction. I also believe an important part of my job as a Town Supervisor is to work with residents in order to respond to inquiries. My belief is that our municipal government exists entirely to serve the will of our residents.”
Paid for by Ings For Good Government