A new proposal from legislative Republicans would establish supplemental aids to municipalities, boosting money local communities receive from the State coffers. The formula, developed by the Wisconsin Counties Association, would be used to determine supplemental county and municipal aid to be distributed during its first year of operation in 2024-25. After that, the proposal would provide payments equal to that received under existing payments in the previous year as well as the supplement, adjusted by the rate of growth in state sales tax. There are, however, conditions attached that restrict how the supplemental funds could be used.
Under the proposal, supplemental aids could only be used for law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, emergency response communications, public works, and transportation, and there would be prohibitions on using the aids as payments for administrative purposes.
According to an analysis by the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, total Sheboygan County supplements would grow almost 20 percent (19.26%) from the current $12,962,754 to $15,458,843. The biggest gainer would be the Town of Mosel, receiving $42,654 in all – a 327.1% increase over the existing formula. The City of Sheboygan would get the least gain in the county at 10%, while the City of Sheboygan Falls would increase 54%, and the City of Plymouth 36%.
The plan is still only a plan at this stage, as Republicans continue re-writing the new 2-year budget for the State of Wisconsin.
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