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It's official! Gov. Evers signed the Shared Revenue Bill. This is truly a historic day! Thank you LEAGUE MEMBERS for your hard work and dedication. It was a bipartisan success and can all be proud of our efforts!
Please see the documents below:
Legislative Fiscal Bureau Supplemental Funding Allocations NEW- July 10, 2023
League Complete Summary Updated 8-24-23
Act 12: What comes next (PDF presentation 8-24-23)
We appreciate you taking the time to thank those who worked so hard on this bill.
- Here is a Press Release Template to share the news of Shared Revenue.
- Here is a Sample Resolution to thank your legislators.
Please read the documents carefully and fill in the correct information for your City/Village and remove League details.
- Send a quick and easy "thank you" here: VoterVoice message.
Taxpayers and municipalities are tired of being overly reliant on property taxes to pay for their basic needs including critical local services. Reforming the broken system of funding local governments is the most impactful way to keep property taxes down while funding basic needs.
Find your Legislators (map)
Assembly Bill 245 dedicates one penny of the state's sales tax to fund local units of government. The legislation also provides a supplemental inflationary increase and attaches both current shared revenue and the supplemental payment to the growth in the state's sales tax moving forward. Below is a chart depicting sales tax collections in the past 20 years.
State Sales Tax Collection 1963-2022 Graph
The Way We Pay for Critical Local Services is Broken: We Need YOU To Tell The Story (PDF)
Member Talking Points State Funding Critical Local Services 01-26-23 (PDF)
What Matters: Funding Critical Local Services (PDF) July 2022
Reform Local Government Funding Sample Resolution 2023 - 2024 (PDF)
Renewing a Sustainable and Equitable Local Government Funding Partnership (PDF) 2022 Report
WI Municipalities Net New Construction by County 2011-2022 (PDF)
League Press Releases & Articles
Local Government Groups Laud Sustainable Funding Source for Services Press Release 01-24-23 (PDF)
League of Wisconsin Municipalities: Regional Meetings reveal critical local service needs
October 6, 2022
League Media Release, August 2022
League Media Release, August 2022
Net New Construction Numbers Reveal Minimal Growth: Why this data matters to local communities (PDF)
League Media Release, August 2022
Curt Witynski, Deputy Executive Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities
The Municipality, August 2022
Curt Witynski, Deputy Executive Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities
The Municipality, July 2022
Voters Tend to Approve Tax Increases for Public Safety: But Is This System Sustainable? (PDF)
Curt Witynski, Deputy Executive Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities
The Municipality, May 2022
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Background Resources
Critical Local Services Funding Presentation (PDF)
by Toni Herkert, League's 124th Annual Conference, October 20, 2022
Do Wisconsin’s Local Fire and Emergency Medical Services Need Resuscitation? (PDF)
Rob Henken, President, Wisconsin Policy Forum, The Municipality, January 2022
Net New Construction Resources from Local Government Education at UW Extension
Advocacy Webinar - January 12
This is the moment when you can make a difference for the future of your community! Join us to wordsmith your personal "elevator speech." You can use it when talking with Legislators and your constituents about the need to fund critical local services differently and reset the partnership with the state.