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Critical Local Services Funding
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.
Tell Your Story: Your message is getting through!
Local Government Funding Proposal Highlights 05-03-23 (PDF)
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)
Find your Legislators (map)
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.