In 2004 then Governor Jim Doyle froze the shared revenue program.
Shared revenue is what the government gives back to local areas to operate.
This becomes problematic as it hasn’t been unfrozen since.
Paul Tittl, the representative of the 25th district assembly, explains that they were able to unfreeze it, resulting in potentially a 15% increase in shared revenue programs that would lead to millions of dollars entering Manitowoc County.
He tells Seehafer News that for a residents of Wisconsin, this means, “We are hoping that they’re not going to be able to raise taxes on you. So, you won’t pay increased taxes on your property because we’re giving them more of the shared revenue.”
Along with the potential untouched tax level, there might be more good news.
Tittl tells us, “We are going to now take and dedicate…twenty percent of it or 1 percent of the sales tax revenue and fund local governments through that.”
Tittl added that because of this when sales tax revenues increase, their dollar amount will do the same.
