Article: New Berlin advances water main plan Council OKs calculation of assessments despite residents' concerns

Over the objection of residents who said they would never benefit from the project, the Common Council approved the first step in laying a $560,000 water main along Grange Ave.

The council late Tuesday voted, 4-3, to direct the Department of Public Works to determine how much each of the roughly 30 property owners on the avenue between Sunnyslope and Moorland roads will be assessed.

Aldermen Todd Hesselberg, Ted Wysocki, Rush Wilkens and Jay Zierhut voted to get the project under way. Aldermen Lori Kiefer, John Karlovich and Evelyn Bakic voted against the measure. Wysocki asked the council to consider allowing Grange Ave. residents an unlimited amount of time to hook up to the city water ...

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