[Adopted as Secs. 8.08 and 8.09 of the 1986 Municipal Code]
A. 
General application.
(1) 
The installation of any public improvement shall be an exercise of the police power of the Village, as may from time to time be determined by the Village Board, and the property served shall be assessed pursuant to the provisions of §§ 66.0703 and 66.0701, Wis. Stats., respectively.
(2) 
The total cost of any public improvement to be paid in whole or in part by special assessment shall include the direct and indirect costs reasonably attributable thereto including, but not limited to, materials, supplies, labor, equipment, site preparation and restoration, damages occasioned by the public improvement, interest on bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the collection of assessments, and a reasonable charge for engineering, legal and administrative costs.
(3) 
The total assessment for any public improvement shall be based upon the total cost, as defined in Subsection A(2) above, and shall be apportioned among the individual parcels benefited. Such apportionment shall generally be computed on a lineal frontage basis unless the Village Board otherwise determines that extenuating circumstances require a different method of apportionment.
B. 
Sewer mains.
(1) 
All sewer main extensions shall be constructed by the Village in accordance with specifications established by the Sewer Superintendent.
(2) 
Special assessments for all sewer main extensions shall be levied at 100% of the total cost of construction.
C. 
Streets.
(1) 
Streets shall be constructed by the Village in accordance with specifications established by the Village Board.
(2) 
Special assessments for all new streets hereafter constructed shall be levied at 100% of the total cost of construction. The cost of constructing streets in existing platted areas and maintaining and resurfacing existing streets shall be borne by the Village.
D. 
Curb and gutter.
(1) 
Curb and gutter shall be constructed by the Village in accordance with specifications established by the Village Board.
(2) 
Special assessments for all new curb and gutter shall be levied at 100% of the total cost, and replacement curb and gutter shall be borne by the Village.
E. 
Sidewalks.
(1) 
Sidewalk standards. The sidewalk shall be located in such places and at such grades as designated by the Village Board and shall be constructed in accordance with standards established by the Village Board.
(2) 
New sidewalks. Special assessments for all new or replacement sidewalks shall be borne by the Village, provided the work is done as part of a public works project approved by the Village Board.
[Amended by Ord. No. 08-1]
A. 
Alternate method selected. As provided in § 66.0701, Wis. Stats., in addition to other methods provided by law, special assessments for any public work or improvement may be levied by alternate methods. The Village Board hereby elects to levy such special assessments as provided in this section.
B. 
Preliminary resolution. Whenever the Village Board shall determine that any public work or improvement shall be financed in whole or in part by special assessments levied under this section, it shall adopt a preliminary resolution setting forth the following:
(1) 
Its intent to exercise its police powers for the purpose of levying special assessments for the stated municipal purpose.
(2) 
The limits of the proposed assessment district.
(3) 
The time, either before or after completion of the work or improvement, when the amount of such assessments shall be determined and levied.
(4) 
The number of installments in which the special assessments may be paid, or that the number of installments shall be determined after the public hearing required by Subsection D below, and shall be included in the final resolution.
(5) 
The rate of interest to be charged on the unpaid installments or that the rate of interest will be determined after the public hearing required by Subsection D below, and shall be included in the final resolution.
(6) 
The terms on which any of such assessments may be deferred while no use of the improvement is made in connection with the property, or that such terms will be determined after the public hearing required by Subsection D below, and will be included in the final resolution.
(7) 
The Village Engineer shall prepare a report as required by Subsection C below.
C. 
Report of Village Engineer. Whenever the Village Board, by preliminary resolution, directs the Village Engineer to prepare a report, the Village Engineer shall prepare a report consisting of the following:
(1) 
Preliminary or final plans and specifications for the public work.
(2) 
An estimate of the entire cost of the proposed work or improvement, except that when the Village Board determines by preliminary resolution that the hearing on such assessments shall be held subsequent to the completion of the work or improvement, the report shall contain a statement of the final cost of the work, service or improvement in lieu of an estimate of such costs.
(3) 
A schedule of the proposed assessments.
(4) 
A statement that each property against which the assessments are proposed has been inspected and is benefited, setting forth the basis for such benefit.
(5) 
Upon completion of the report, the Village Engineer shall file a copy of the report with the Clerk-Treasurer.
D. 
Incorporation of statutory provisions. The provisions of § 66.0703, Wis. Stats., including those related to notice, hearing and the adoption of a final resolution shall, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, apply to special assessments levied under this section.
E. 
Lien. Every special assessment levied under this section shall be a lien against the property assessed from the date of the final resolution of the Village Board determining the amount of such levy.