Lake Lawn Resort faces liquor license issue
If you go
What: Regular meeting of the Delavan City Council
When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Delavan Municipal Building, 123 S. Second St., Delavan.
Details: The city council will discuss renewing liquor licenses, including the license for Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan. Among other things, the council could adopt a sidewalk installation policy and host a public hearing on an application to expand Stinebrink's Piggly Wiggly, 1414 E. Geneva St.
For more information: Visit www.ci.delavan.wi.us.
DELAVAN — 'Tis the season for liquor license renewals.
In the city of Delavan, all eyes are on Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan.
Delavan Resort Holdings, the owner of the resort, owes more than $600,000 to Walworth County and to the city. That means the liquor license cannot be renewed, one council member said.
The council will take the matter up, along with a list of other licenses, at its regular June meeting next week.
City ordinances prohibit granting or renewing the license for premises that owe "city taxes, assessments, utility bills, sewer and water bills or other assessments or other claims to the city."
The unpaid bills include:
-- Delavan Resort Holdings owes 2008 property taxes on four parcels in the city and in Delavan Township, Treasurer Kathy Du Bois said.
Outstanding bills on the four add up to $585,000, Du Bois said.
The money, or a portion of it, was due to the county January 31, she said.
-- Delavan Resort Holdings is current on its room tax bill, but the group owes a penalty in excess of $15,000 for a late room tax payment for the fourth quarter of 2008, city of Delavan Treasurer Jennifer Weise said.
Weise said she could not share how much the resort paid in room tax because city ordinances protect that information.
-- The resort owes a penalty in excess of $1,500 on personal property taxes from 2008, Weise said.
Personal property tax is paid on furniture and equipment, Weise said.
She Lake Lawn Resort isn't the only business with outstanding personal property tax bills, she said.
"They're hardly the only ones, but they are our biggest one," Weise said.
-- The resort owes the city $70,000 in overdue cost-recovery invoices, Weise said.
Those invoices bill back Lake Lawn Resort for money the city paid in attorney or engineering fees related to negotiations with the resort.
Delavan Resort holdings have contested a few of the accrued invoices, Weise said.
The $70,000 does not include current invoices, she said.
Delavan Resort Development President Pat Nelson declined to comment to The Janesville Gazette about the unpaid bills or taxes. He is not involved in the day-to-day management of the property, Nelson said.
The Gazette could not reach Pete Zellmer, Lake Lawn's director of sales and marketing by the deadline for this edition.
Jun 6, 2009 at 2:48 p.m.
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Dubber than a box of rocks.
Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.
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Right on Boston!
Jun 5, 2009 at 9:33 p.m.
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Actually, dub, I was alluding to all of your constant complaining posts and your unceasing negative comments about most things in general but in particular, people who don’t agree with your closed minded way of thinking. Complain on, DUB.
In that you have “judged me” by my “name”, let’s examine yours.
From Dictionary.com:
Dub:
An awkward, unskilled person.
Origin:
1885-90; of expressive orig., cf. FLUB, FLUBDUB, DUB
Complain on.
Have a nice night, DUB.
Jun 5, 2009 at 11:34 a.m.
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dub190: "I am also what they define as a non-non-violent Christian"
With a double negative here, does that mean you are a VIOLENT Christian? Think about what you are saying or the potentially meaningful posts that you may have will lose credibility.
Jun 5, 2009 at 11:31 a.m.
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dub190...u think a property such as Lake Lawn should not be penalized and have no incentive to pay the monies owed to the municipality? The law states they "shall" yank the liquor license, not that they "may" yank it. What would happen if an exception were to happen here and then all the other property owners in the City choose not to pay their personal property? What leg would the City have to stand on to penalize these people? The City is a business and needs to be run as such. The taxpayers in the City rely on revenue generated by such a property to offset costs in other areas. U can't just look the other way.
Jun 4, 2009 at 7:31 p.m.
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And actually, when I was typing my first post, I remember thinking "this sounds like something a Liberal would say".
Jun 4, 2009 at 7:28 p.m.
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Thank you. BostonBill, your name says all I need to know about you. I'm glad I could make your day. Since you want to get personal, I am also what they define as a non-non-violent Christian.
Jun 3, 2009 at 10:12 p.m.
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2LevelHeaded:
Good post. The city needs the money and rules should be followed. However, there may be a compromise solution. The massive remodel of Lake Lawn unfortunately began just as the economy tanked. Perhaps the license could be temporarily suspended until some "good faith" payments are made and the license restored provided continued payments are made. I believe Lake Lawn Resort, Delavan and the county all need each other. Just a thought.
Jun 3, 2009 at 9:57 p.m.
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It doesn't make sense to let them keep their license if they haven't paid and it's the law. It's kind of tough position because they may need it to make money. But the rules are the rules and they shouldn't get any breaks.
Jun 3, 2009 at 9:54 p.m.
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I just used my search engine to look up, “ultra-radical-right wing chronic complainers who offer no intelligent solutions” and there was just a picture. Hey dub190, you’re famous.
Jun 3, 2009 at 8:46 p.m.
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If you read the article you would have noticed that they said it was a city ordinance to non renew the license because they haven't paid their bills. What should they do instead? They need to have some recourse to make a business pay bills they owe.
Jun 3, 2009 at 8:29 p.m.
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Ya, just yank their license. That will help them make the money to pay you. Idiots.
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