Town of Solon Springs

05/02/2025

Town road restrictions will also match this timeline, however, signs will come down Tues or Wednesday due to cemetery cleanup on Monday.

04/21/2025

While we understand that walking pets on the road in the cemetery can be a peaceful way to remember a loved one, it is not ok to treat the cemetery like a dog park.

Please respect the deceased. We do not want to prohibit pets altogether but we may have to given the activity happening. Please keep your pets leashed and pick up after them.

03/10/2025

Tonight's regularly scheduled board meeting will be rescheduled. New notice will be posted. Thank you

03/10/2025

Edit: Reopened: 3/14

Muskrat lake road closing due to high water

02/25/2025

02/08/2025

Update: Road cleanup will be split between today and early Sunday AM given snow is trailing off.

This is your (at least yearly) reminder that it is illegal to snowblow or plow snow ACROSS or INTO public roadways. It can cause a driving hazard or disable our equipment to hit a compact or irregular cut across roadways. Our crew will place notices for those residents that are violating this law. see WI statute 346.94. (5),(7)

02/01/2025

Assuming we get full 4" plan is to start plow route at 5AM. If we get less than that, gravel roads may be left to pack given warmer temps lately. Either way blacktop is planned for plowing in the AM.

01/24/2025

Thanks go out to our road crew member who stopped to assist for a medical call with our fire department. His help enabled quicker access to residence, where time was of the essence. Thank you Scott!

01/22/2025

A big thank you to our, and neighboring, fire departments for all that they do, in all conditions.

12/28/2024

Some of the side roads are glare ice. Now that the rain has stopped, crew will do some spot sanding,.but a lot of standing water also.

12/26/2024

Given lots of commentary on the community group page, here is some supplemental information on budget tax bills with an example shown. No doubt, people are seeing notable increases across the board. That is the result of a multitude of factors.
1 - Increase in mill rate (not controlled by town)
2 - Increase in property values (not controlled by town)
3 - A line item for $51,499 added to the town levy to help fund a portion of the tractor purchase in 2024 (see item in blue on the final budget)

People are getting upset because they are seeing 39.8% increase attributed to the town. That 39.8% is the difference between the TOWN 2nd line item on your bill from 2023 to 2024 (the tractor purchase). The town didn't increase your total tax bill by 39.8%.

The TOTAL amount of money that the TOWN will receive from everyone's property taxes paid for 2025 will be $182,543 (levy). That plus state road aid and shared revenue allocations is what funds the entire town's budget each year (2025 = $615K).

In this particular example, this property tax bill increased by $907. Of that, $165 of it is because of the town tractor levy item. The rest of the increase is county and school district related.

The VAST majority of your property tax paid does not fund the town. Nor is the vast majority of your property tax bill increase this year BECAUSE of the town. The base levy each year is also not decided by the town, it is decided by the state. The annual town budget process happens each fall, is an OPEN meeting, and has a public vote budget hearing to finalize, as it has always been.

There is also much discussion on onsite property reevaluations as other municipalities have had them recently. Those will occur in the town in 2026. This is required periodically by state law.

12/17/2024

Here is your reminder on political signs. By WI state statute, they should be removed within 7 days of the election. Thank you