On November 15th, the Village Board adopted the 2017 Annual Budget following a public hearing. The 2017 budget reflects the Village's continual mission to provide high quality cost-effective services, under various internal and external funding constraints. Like many other communities in the region, New Glarus is attempting to "do more with less." The submitted budget makes the difficult decisions on which priorities to fund, and which must be delayed to future years, in order to maintain a balanced and financially sound budget.

The 2017 Budget presents similar funding challenges to thos...