October 1, 2006:   Tired of your upward spiraling assessments and taxes?   Please click on this link to get letter  It is being sent to village elected officials and staff.  We ARE going to get all kinds of excuses in terms of having no choice but to do what they are doing.  We say WRONG.  If you are interested and have not signed a petition that will be circulating in our neighborhood, please contact any board member.

UNIT W PARK SURVEY RESULTS (as of 6/5/2006 noon):

COMMENTS ADDED March 9, 2006:  A Board member advised me that previous info located here has been perceived as alarming by some residents of Carol Beach.  Fact is that this particular neighborhood continues to be 'required' to take the highest percentage increases every time a RE-EVALUATION occurs.  The RE-EVALUATION process has 2 stages -- one is internal to Pleasant Prairie and the other is external (meaning the State of Wisconsin dictates what the entire Village of Pleasant Prairie is WORTH).  To be fair to all parties, this process is mandated by state law and not a lot can be done about it locally except delaying the frequency of re-evaluations (within the guidelines of law) or making them more frequent than the above which is what I oppose.

What is happening to Carol Beach is that we are being effected twice by this process.  Without a doubt the Village in total is appreciating -- and that is GREAT NEWS.  So, with all else remaining stable, the cost of government is shared over a larger tax base that still divides that cost of government over that base -- so far no changes.

I just received updated figures and they are reflected below:  Re-evaluation though does change how that cost of government is spread over the base.  Based on overall value of Pleasant Prairie, if the assessed values of all individual properties are added up, the village total as a whole is 15.32% undervalued based on the sale of 356 properties sold through Calendar 2005( these numbers are now updated since the October 9, 2005 budget hearing).  If every property was raised the same 15.32%, then as indicated above actual tax bills for the village portion would remain stable.  But, 15.32% is average for all of Pleasant Prairie.  The 'low' category called Condominiums was rated as 10.55% undervalued, and the highest 2 categories labeled Carol Beach East and Waterfront were both rated at 17.35% (20 properties sold) and 36.07% undervalued (8 properties sold).  Those 2 categories are Carol Beach Estates.  This is the fact.  Check it our yourself by reviewing this link.   What makes this even more painful is that the village part of our property tax bills is only about 19% of the total.  The rest is county, state, and schools.  This makes Pleasant Prairie's shared of the entire operations of Kenosha County only continue to bear a greater percentage share. 

I am a trustee of ALL of Pleasant Prairie, but that doesn't preclude my right to look out for anyone's interests including Carol Beach residents.  My goal is to keep our (Carol Beach and all of Pleasant Prairie) exposure to additional taxes at a minimum rather than being as highly exposed as possible.

Next time somebody tells you that you need to pay "YOUR FAIR SHARE" ask them if you are getting "YOUR FAIR SHARE" of road repairs, etc.

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STATEMENT ON CBPOA POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT:  At various times the Association has stated and re-stated that we are not a “political group”, that we can all support whom we choose to support politically but the Association will not support anyone. We represent ALL of the residents who have a right to their various political views. Our group must remain politically neutral so that whoever wins elections will be there whenever issues affecting our communities arise.

PLEASE USE OUR GUESTBOOK AS A LINK TO COMMUNICATE YOUR CONCERNS/QUESTIONS TO OUR ORGANIZATION.  YOUR OPINIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.