During a Monday, November 3 meeting, Pleasant Prairie staff presented the proposed 2015 budget to the Village Board. The budget, as presented, proposes an increase in the municipal tax levy to $10,081,081 in 2015 from $9,522,410 in 2014. With the increase in the 2015 levy, the Village portion of the property tax bill for a median assessed home in Pleasant Prairie is expected to increase by 3.1% or approximately $26.
Pleasant Prairie has historically received approximately 20% of a Pleasant Prairie resident’s property tax payment. For a median valued home in the Village, this will equate to approximately $847 during 2015. The median assessed value for a home in Pleasant Prairie is currently $191,600.
“As a municipal government, our work is to provide services to our citizens. By its very nature, it’s a labor intensive undertaking,” explained Mike Pollocoff, Village Administrator in Pleasant Prairie. “We work to create a high quality community, and we get this done with high quality staff – front line staff that provide the services and support staff to help the front line operations.” Pollocoff added, “With this budget and others going forward, we have three main focuses to help us remain resilient and enable us to deal with future uncertainties as they arise. The focuses are: maintaining high quality staff; ensuring that new development will add value to the Village; and ensuring that any remaining developable land in the Village achieves its highest and best use in order to help the Village maintain its value in the long term.”
The municipal tax levy is the dollar amount to be collected through the property tax in order to cover expenses for providing municipal services in the community. A home’s assessed value is then used to calculate a homeowner’s share of responsibility for the tax levy. A hearing related to the 2015 budget has been planned for Tuesday, November 25 at 6:00 p.m. at Pleasant Prairie Village Hall (9915 39th Avenue). Information related to the 2015 proposed budget will be available at PleasantPrairieOnline.com.