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Local Business Roundtable Coming Up

• As a direct result of the recent Door Kewaunee Legislative Days in Madison, the Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) and Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) will host a local business roundtable with state officials on June 18, 10 – 11:30 am in the Community Meeting Room in Sturgeon Bay City Hall, 421 Michigan St. Local business owners are invited to discuss small business rules in Wisconsin with members of the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA). This business roundtable is free and open to the public.

Local business owners are strongly encouraged to attend the roundtable to share any rules and regulations that can be burdensome on their business. The roundtable will include Nancy Mistele, director of DOA Office of Business Development, and Mary Ann Lippert, director of the DOA North Regional Office. The Office of Business Development works closely with the Small Business Regulatory Review Board to reduce or remove burdens that laws and rules place on small business in Wisconsin.

An RSVP to [email protected] is appreciated but not required.

• The Sister Bay Village Board has approved a sewer rate increase to take effect on July 1, 2013. The effect of the increase on the average residential customer using 10,000 gallons of water per quarter will be quarterly billings that are about 2.39 percent higher. This translates into an increase of approximately $3.90 per quarter (or $1.30 per month). The first bills implementing these new rates will be sent in July of 2013. The water and sewer rates are also available for viewing on the Village of Sister Bay website at sisterbaywi.gov.

• The Village of Egg Harbor invites restaurant and food establishment owners to attend a utility committee meeting on June 19 at 9 am to discuss the village’s new grease trap ordinance. Since Jan. 1, village restaurants and establishments making or serving food are required to have their grease traps inspected monthly and send reports to the village.

Michelle Anderson, village deputy administrator, said Shipwrecked is the only business that has completely complied with the ordinance.

“[At the meeting] they are going to discuss with an expert why we have the ordinance we have regarding the grease trap maintenance, and what’s going to happen in the future if the compliance isn’t being met,” Anderson said.