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These are the times that try men’s (and women’s) souls.
The city administrator in Lake Geneva rises up to tower over committees, alderpersons, the city clerk, and the city comptroller. Written reports for the standing committee, pay requests, and future items on agendas will be handled a little differently on city meeting agendas. In an effort to streamline and use time more efficiently, the Lake Geneva City Administrator is directing that moving forward, department head reports will be brief. Everyday duties that are repetitive on the monthly reports will not need to be included. Highlights or anything different, good or bad, will be in reports. City meetings will also no longer include future agenda items on their schedule.
Future agenda items will still happen and be done by request forms submitted by alderpersons. The request forms are not new and have always been used by alderpersons. All pay requests that have no changes from the original approval and projects are completed will go straight to the finance, license, and regulation committee for payment. These payments have been made through all the necessary boards and committees for approval, and there is no need to go through them again.
Some Alderpersons are not sure of the changes and have some concerns about the potential lack of transparency these changes may cause. Other city officials believe meetings need to be relevant and stay on task. These changes have the support of the city administrator, city clerk, and assistant clerk.
Lake Geneva Police Department reassures residents that the water in Lake Geneva is safe for consumption.
On August 27th, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) issued a “do not drink or cook with tap water” advisory due to high nitrate levels in the village of Williams Bay. The Village was informed by the WDNR of a potential issue with the water on Monday, August 25th. The Village quickly responded to the concern and issued water tests in various locations.
The water samples came back on Wednesday and confirmed the levels were severely too high. The Williams Bay Village Board held an emergency meeting and unanimously authorized up to $100,000 to provide emergency supplies to address the issue, including bottled drinking water for residents. The village has temporarily increased chlorine levels at the water plant and is flushing the distribution system. The village is currently working on improvements to the water system, as issues have occurred in the past, but the project will not be complete until November of this year. While this is unfortunate for the residents of Williams Bay, the advisory is localized and does not affect other Geneva Lake communities.
