BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T180000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CRE Forum Series Presented by Michael Best: Municipal Special Charges DESCRIPTION:The cost of running a municipality is supposed to be paid primarily through real estatetaxes. Suddenly we are seeing municipalities starting to create many additional "specialcharges\," including transportation fees\, emergency services fees\, and "good neighbor"fees\, either for services formerly included in taxes\, or as a condition of approvals ofdevelopment. Can they charge these fees? How do these special charges relate to thelevy limits established by the Wisconsin Legislature? Do they violate the Impact Fee Law?\nIssues include:The Wisconsin Impact Fee Law\, created in 1993\, defines "impact fees" as "cashcontributions\, contributions of land or interests in land or any other items of valuethat are imposed on a developer by a municipality under this section\," meaning asa condition for development. The Impact Fee Law requires that the municipalitystudy the need for the fee\, apportion it equitably over the developments that causethe need for the fee\, keep it in an escrow account\, spend it only for that purpose\,and reimburse any unused funds to the donor developer.The Levy Limits imposed by the Wisconsin Legislature\, tightly control how taxescan be increased in a municipality to pay for operational costs\, causingmunicipalities to seek other means of covering escalating costs.A number of municipalities have instituted new "special charges" either billed as"special use fees" to property for ongoing costs\, or charged as a condition ofapproval of development\, without following the Impact Fee Law.Lawsuits have already been filed against municipalities to challenge these fees\,and the application of these special charges to particular users\, which are likely tobe long and expensive arguments.How can the property owner and developer's needs and rights for predictablecosts\, to be balanced against a municipality's need to balance its budget. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The cost of running a municipality is supposed to be paid primarily through real estate

taxes. Suddenly we are seeing municipalities starting to create many additional &ldquo\;special

charges\,&rdquo\; including transportation fees\, emergency services fees\, and &ldquo\;good neighbor&rdquo\;

fees\, either for services formerly included in taxes\, or as a condition of approvals of

development. Can they charge these fees? How do these special charges relate to the

levy limits established by the Wisconsin Legislature? Do they violate the Impact Fee Law?


Issues include:

contributions\, contributions of land or interests in land or any other items of value

that are imposed on a developer by a municipality under this section\,&rdquo\; meaning as

a condition for development. The Impact Fee Law requires that the municipality

study the need for the fee\, apportion it equitably over the developments that cause

the need for the fee\, keep it in an escrow account\, spend it only for that purpose\,

and reimburse any unused funds to the donor developer.

can be increased in a municipality to pay for operational costs\, causing

municipalities to seek other means of covering escalating costs.

&ldquo\;special use fees&rdquo\; to property for ongoing costs\, or charged as a condition of

approval of development\, without following the Impact Fee Law.

and the application of these special charges to particular users\, which are likely to

be long and expensive arguments.

costs\, to be balanced against a municipality&rsquo\;s need to balance its budget.

LOCATION:790 N. Water St. #2500 Milwaukee WI 53202-4108 UID:e.2714.1053205 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260924T170332Z URL:https://members.credawi.org/event-calendar/Details/cre-forum-series-presented-by-michael-best-municipal-special-charges-1212963?sourceTypeId=Hub END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR