Message from the Village President, Kevin Buckley
Welcome to September. I hope you are enjoying this Labor Day weekend!
At last week's Village Board meeting, the Trustees renewed our 5-year fiscal strategy to keep your property tax, plus water and sewer charge increases below 2.5% each year. The increases were under 2% for three of the past five years.
Finally, please join your neighbors at the final Klode Park Beer Garden of the season on Saturday, September 11, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. -kb
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Why Is The Village Hall Phone Ringing? |
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How long is the Village Hall/Library Parking Lot going to be closed? The Village Hall/Library Parking Lot will be closed to the public until Wednesday, September 8, 2021 to accommodate concrete curing related to the bioswale installation.
When is the next brush chipper collection? Brush/Chipper material will be collected by Village crews this week (beginning Tuesday, September 7).
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This Week's Meetings:
No meetings this week. For other meeting agendas and minutes, please visit the Agenda Center page.
Please take note that some meetings are currently in-person and some meetings are virtual.
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Last Week's Meetings:
- Monday, August 30, 6:00 p.m., Village Board Room
- Thursday, September 2, 5:30 p.m. Village Board Room
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Updates from Village Hall: |
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Labor Day Collection Change:
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Village Hall and Library Closed:
Village Hall, Police Administration, and the Whitefish Bay Public Library will be closed Monday, September 6, 2021, in recognition of Labor Day. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
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Text to 911 Coming Soon: Over the next month, Bayside Communications Center (aka Bayside Dispatch) and the seven municipalities served by the Center (including Whitefish Bay) will be rolling out Text to 911 Services. Text to 911 allows mobile users to send a text message to a 911 Dispatcher in situations where people cannot voice a call to 911. Please stay tuned to the weekly e-newsletter for information about how to sign up.
Who Should Use Text to 911?:
- An individual who is deaf, hard of hearing, or has a speech disability
- Someone who is in a situation where it is not safe to place a voice call to 911.
- A medical emergency that renders a person incapable of speech.
While Text to 911 provides beneficial services in situations like those above, there are limitations:
- Text to 911 sessions overall take longer to complete than voice calls.
- Location accuracy varies by carrier.
- Photos, videos, and group texts are not supported currently.
- Text to 911 only accepts English
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Final Klode Park Beer Garden - Sept 11: |
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The 1840 Traveling Beer Garden Show has added an additional date at Klode Park. The 1840 Traveling Beer Garden Show will be in Klode Park on September 11, from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
1840 has partnered with the Milwaukee Next Door Foundation to host this event. Please bring children’s books to donate to Next Door - Milwaukee’s book drive! Find more event information on the 1840 Brewing Company facebook page. Enjoy food, drinks, and live music! Cheers! |
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2021 Alley and Parking Lot Reconstruction Project: Work continues on the 2021 Alley and Parking Lot Reconstruction Project. Updated project schedule (all dates are estimates and weather permitting):
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Alley north of 100-200 W. Henry Clay St. – Estimated completion date 9/15/21.
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Alley at 5200-5300 Lydell and Bay Ridge Avenues – Estimated completion date 9/15/21.
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Alley at 5300-5500 Lydell and Bay Ridge Avenues, weather permitting – Estimated completion date 9/15/21.
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Alley behind Silver Spring Drive between Kent Ave and Shoreland Ave – Estimated completion date 10/6/21.
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Sept. / Oct. 2021: Municipal Parking Lot expansion (South of Winkies/Bruegger’s Bagels) – Estimated start date 9/14/21. Estimated completion date 10/1/21.
In addition to providing a newly constructed alley, this project will provide storm water quality improvements with the assistance of MMSD Green Solutions Fund stormwater funding. Permeable paving bricks with an underdrain system will be installed in the middle of the new concrete alley, filtering out pollutants as well as reducing the storm water quantity generated through the detention of stormwater during rain events. The municipal parking lot south of Winkies/ Bruegger’s Bagels will be expanded to the south through the use of permeable pavers as well.
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Village Hall/Library Parking Lot Bioswale: Finishing touches were completed last week on the stormwater bioswale recently installed between the Library and Village Hall, next to the parking lot. The bioswale captures stormwater runoff from the parking lot as well as the roadway pavement on Marlborough Drive. The Village Hall/Library Parking Lot will be closed to the public until September 9, 2021, to accommodate concrete curing related to the bioswale installation.
The Village Hall Parking lot is located within one of the Village’s Lake Michigan drainage subbasins and discharges into the lake through the storm sewer outfall located at Silver Spring Park. An educational sign explaining how the bioswale works will be posted next to the street sidewalk. Click here to preview the educational signage.
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Reminder - Klode Park Beach Reconstruction: Work will begin the week of September 13, 2021, at Whitefish Bay’s Klode Park Beach to address previous storm damage and ongoing erosion—and to help protect this beloved community resource for years to come.
The beach and parking lot will be closed to all pedestrian and vehicular traffic during construction period. Please see the included map. Work will take about four weeks to complete, weather permitting. Click here to learn more about the project. If you have questions about this project, please contact John Edlebeck, P.E., Director of Public Works, at j.edlebeck@wfbvillage.org or 414-962-6690 Ext. 114. |
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Whitefish Bay Recycling Reminders: |
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The bi-weekly automated refuse and recycling program is three years old!
With that in mind, it's a great time for some important reminders about the recycling program.
The following items can go in your blue recycling cart: Plastic Bottles & Containers, Food & Beverage Cans, Paper, Flattened Cardboard & Paperboard, Food & Beverage Cartons, and Glass Bottles & Containers!
Other items such as Plastic Bags, Food Waste, Foam, Textiles, Scrap Metal, Electronics, and Yard Waste should not go in your recycling cart.
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North Shore Fire Rescue Weekly Update: |
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North Shore Fire/Rescue protects the City of Glendale and the Villages of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, River Hills, Shorewood, and Whitefish Bay.
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Updates from the Whitefish Bay Library: |
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Library Hours for Fall:
The library will be closed on Monday, September 6, in honor of Labor Day.
- Monday to Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Virtual Mystery Book Club, Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m.: Our Mystery Book Club meets once a month and is led by librarian Sharon Nagel. This month we're reading No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. This meeting will take place virtually on Zoom. Click here to join. Meeting ID: 977 1128 0790 Passcode: 408681
Virtual All Ages Storytime, Fridays, September 10 to October 15, 10:00 a.m.:
Join one of our youth services librarians for an All Ages Storytime on Fridays at 10 a.m. for books, songs, and more! Can't make the live event? We'll be sure to save the storytime so you can watch it later. Visit our Facebook page
Photo Contest Deadline Coming Soon: Entries into our amateur photo contest are due on Friday, September 10, so you still have plenty of time to participate! Our contest is open to amateur photographers of any age. Participants can enter one photo per category. Cash prizes include a BEST IN SHOW award of $250, generously donated by Friends of the Whitefish Bay Public Library. Click here to read all about this popular program. We’ve recently announced our judges for this year. Click here to read more about them.
Family Craft Day, Yard Wrapped Stick Mobiles and Wall Hangings: Make something beautiful with your family! Each person will get a stick to wrap with yarn and then you'll work together to make a mobile or wall-hanging. All ages, with a parent or adult caregiver. The event is (weather-permitting) at School House Park on Saturday, September 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Click here to register. Please note: This is a drop-in event so we invite you to arrive anytime between 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Books and Bagels, Thursday, September 16, 4:00 p.m. Grades 6-12: Stop by School House Park for books and bagels! We'll have Bruegger's bagels and a big stack of paperbacks that you can browse through and bring home. Ring in the new school year with a new book and help us plan teen programs for the year. Weather permitting. Thanks to Friends of Whitefish Bay Public Library for sponsoring this program!
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Believe it or not, Village Hall is getting a number of calls related to Halloween and Trick-or-Treat. Be sure to save the date for these three great events:
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Great Pumpkin Festival: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 through Sunday, October 30, 2021. Join friends and family at Old Scoolhouse Park for this festive fall tradition! Carve a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, sip hot cider, and enjoy delicious food while listening to live music. The Great Pumpkin Festival is open 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. nightly. Beer served on Friday and Saturday nights. Event hosted by the Whitefish Bay Civic Foundation. Pumpkins will be left up on October 31, but there are no event activities on Halloween.
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Treat-or-Treat Silver Spring Drive: Saturday, October 30, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Participating businesses offer treats for kids in the company of at least one parent or guardian on the Saturday before Halloween. There’s something “sweet-in-stores” for everyone on Silver Spring Drive. Event hosted by the Merchants of Whitefish Bay.
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Village Trick-or-Treat: Sunday, October 31, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. throughout the Village. Block parties are not permitted the day of Trick-or-Treat.
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Update from Bay Bridge:
Bay Bridge invites you to post on our new Commitment Wall. What will YOU do to make Whitefish Bay a more inclusive and equitable community? Click here to view and post.
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NSHD Healthy Highlight 8/31/21: Electronics Recycling
Do you have old cell phones and other electronics in your home? Recently there were changes in Wisconsin recycling laws, and Wisconsinites may not realize that many electronics can no longer be put into the trash. Electronic waste must be reused, recycled, or managed as hazardous waste. Electronics, like cell phones, laptops, tablets, and TVs may contain materials, such as lead or mercury, that are considered hazardous. These materials, if not recycled properly, may pollute the environment or harm human health if not correctly managed. Electronics also contain valuable materials that can be recovered through recycling of them, responsibly.
The following electronics can no longer be put in the trash in Wisconsin or sent to Wisconsin landfills and incinerators. These items should be reused, donated, or recycled.
- TVs;
- Computers (desktop, laptop, netbook and tablet computers);
- Printers (including those that scan, fax and/or copy and 3-D printers);
- Monitors;
- Other computer accessories (including keyboards, mice, speakers, external hard drives and flash drives);
- E-readers;
- DVD players, VCRs and other video players (i.e., DVRs);
- Fax machines;
- Cell phones; and
- Major appliances, including air conditioners, clothes washers and dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, dehumidifiers, furnaces, boilers, water heaters and microwave ovens.
Many other electronic items may be eligible for recycling. Check with your local electronic waste recycler to see what is accepted. How to recycle electronics in Wisconsin provides great resources on recycling electronics.
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