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Taxpayer Notes for 2017

Taxpayer Notes 2017 Town website.  Town of Cedar Lake’s new interactive website address is www.townofcedarlake.org Check this site for up-to-date information. Emergency Notification.   The CODE RED community notification system (severe weather, evacuation notices, missing child, etc.) is available in Barron County.  For more information and to sign up go to www.barronsheriff.org or call 715.637.6732. ATV/UTV Routes.  Amendment (dated July 10, 2017) to ATV/UTV Ordinance 5-9-2016 states “All town roads within the township shall be designated as ATV/UTV routes”.  This means that all roads within the township’s jurisdiction are open to ATV/UTV traffic year round.  Roads beyond the township’s jurisdiction, such as State Highway 48 and County Road V, are not open to ATV/UTV traffic.  A formal request has been submitted to WisDOT to designate the State Highway 48 Bridge in Mikana as an ATV/UTV crossing site. Snowmobiles.  Snowmobiles are allowed on all Town Roads and are subject to all...

Facts related to the non-binding referendum

The following non-binding referendum question will appear on the February 20, 2018 ballot: Should the Town of Cedar Lake eliminate optional law enforcement coverage?  YES or NO? A “YES” vote means you favor ELIMITATING optional law enforcement coverage. A “NO” vote means you favor RETAINING optional law enforcement coverage with a potential tax increase. Facts related to the non-binding referendum For the past 15+ years the Town of Cedar Lake has paid for optional police coverage above what is already provided through the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and your property taxes.  Since 2011, the optional Four Corners Police Department (FCPD) police coverage has come at the expense of much needed maintenance of township roads.  Town of Cedar Lake operating costs have increased during the past two years to the point where the township must either eliminate optional spending or increase taxes. A review of all Town of Cedar Lake budget line items was...

Notice of Special Meeting

NOTICE TOWN OF CEDAR LAKE RESIDENTS SPECIAL NOTICE      Notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Cedar Lake will meet in special session on Monday, August 28,2017 at 10:00 AM at the Cedar Lake Town Hall in Mikana.  The Board will open the meeting and move to go into closed session (Sec. 19.84 (2) for the purpose of discussing Town employee compensation. Dated this 25th Day of August, 2017 Maryhelen Drew, Clerk]]>

Annual Town of Cedar Lake Golf Tournament

Code Red Community Notification Enrollment

  Barron County has contracted with CodeRED to allow anyone throughout the County the opportunity to receive free emergency alert notifications and weather warnings that require immediate action. These notifications include emergency evacuations, shelter-in-place instructions, missing children alerts, silver alerts, tornado warnings, etc. Anyone wanting the free service of emergency or weather alerts sent to their cell phone, VoIP phone, or email accounts; needs to register by visiting our Facebook page or www.BarronSheriff.org and clicking on the Code Red icon in the lower-right column. Additionally, the registration page will allow users the opportunity to sign up to receive emergency weather warnings. Users will have the option to receive alerts anytime the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning, severe weather warning or flash flood warning for the address entered on the enrollment page. This system will only notify you if your exact address is in the warned polygon area issued by the...

Important 911 Information

Chip Seal Road Work Ahead!

Special Meeting