The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 17

Changing Annexation Law Called Major State Need Tribune Madlton Bureau) MADISON The problem of urban government in Wisconsin is not confined to high property taxes and the need for a redistribution of state aids and taxes shared with localities, the Tarr task force studying state-fiscal relations and local government organization has been told. The major reason for creating the legislative advisory group which will report to the legislature next year, and most of the discussions before it at numerous meetings, have involved municipal finance. But there also is the question of orderly growth of urban localities, and the failure of the legislature to write annexation laws that encourage or permit the orderly enlargement of the boundaries of the larger communities, the League erf Wisconsin Municipalities told the commission. Keep Coo? PRESENTS FOR MOM lip into thing shifty. Perch on the A porch with book.

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Just say, "Charge It mmcri 11 'uw'i LaxtitA moif gracious Sfwe in LI Crosse Ed Johnson of the league, representing 502 cities and villages, made these points as he described the defects of present annexation laws: 1. It is passible for a small minority to veto what may be in the best' interests of a majority, and they frequently do so. 2. Annexations typically win the consent of the districts proposed to be annexed only when it is in the financial interests of the residents of such neighborhoods. 3.

The cities have lost much of their bargaining and persuasive power with respect to desirable annexations as the legislature over a long period and i in many enactments has required incorporated municipalities to furnish many services to the residents of adjacent towns, services which if denied them might make them more amenable to annexation. tr it it Johnson cited as examples of such unfavorable legislation from the city point of view services in education, water supply, sewage disposal, paying county taxes which subsidize town residents for police protection, and the construction and maintenance of roads. But be admitted that the pattern has probably been too firmly established to hope for its reversal, even when financial inequities can be demonstrated. Thus Johnson concluded that only realistic solution lies in the other cities and villages to annex areas which are likely to be of an urban character without the possibility of a veto by those who are benefiting from the status Johnson was plugging for the support for a league annexation bill which has been fiercely fought by the towns association, and thus far has failed to gather majority support in the legislature in spite of the fact that two-third? of the state is classified as urban. He cited the concern about the situation that has been expressed by Douglas Weiford, secretary of the new state department of local affairs created last year to assist cities meeting their planning and growth problems.

Johnson said that one recent enactment of the legislature was friendly to the cities in its conception, but that it has failed to have significant results to date. He referred to the 1963 statute providing cooperative extra-territorial zoning among cities and villages and surrounding rural areas. Such zoning could be a useful fool in urban development, he said, but it requires the cooperation of the nearby town governments. too few town authorities have been willing to cooperate in such matters, and so the impact of the law in the state has not been he reported. Health Code Is Adopted For Campsites (La Crosse Tribune Madison Bureau) MADISON The thousands of campers who will descend on the public and private campgrounds of Wisconsin this year have the assurance of health safeguards in a new code.

The regulations have been worked out by the state division of health with the owners and operators of the campgrounds. A key provision is a requirement for registration, which gives the state some power to enforce compliance with sanitation and other standards through revocation. Three categories of campgrounds are defined in the code, and are required to maintain standards appropriate to each: 1. Primitive campgrounds that are sites for overnight camping that are accessible by canoe, boat or hiking, but not by motor vehicles. 2.

Developed campgrounds and camping resorts that are accessible by automobile and supplying accommodations for overnight use by recreational vehicles. 3. A walk-in camp, which is equivalent to a developed campground or camping resort except that it ls not accessible by motor driven recreational vehicle. Detailed specifications covering soil and ground cover, density of occupancy, recreational areas, street widths, water supply and sanitary requirements are get out in the code. The conservation division publishes a directory of campgrounds in the state, and its current edition lists more than Their numbers are expected grow, with the continuing increase in the popularity of camping.

The health division advises persons who propose to provide new campgrounds to familiarize themsrtlves with the new axle before they begin development. la Tribune, Thursday, May 9, Apr! I Court Revenues Dip April revenues in Judge Leonard F. La Crosse County Court Branch were slightly under those for the same month year. According to the report of Deputy Court Clerk Helen Schwinefus, the court took in $5,502.50 for the month, compared to $5,791.95 for April 1967. Court revenues for the year now total $23,141.75, compared to $20,670.91 at the same point Iasi year.

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