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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 12-489 RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE: REQUEST A PORTION OF THE PROJECTED STATE SURPLUS BE
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USED TO PROVIDE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THROUGH
RESTORATION OF SHARED REVENUE FUNDING
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION
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WHEREAS, the current State Budget, 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, cut Shared Revenue
Funding for municipalities by $48 million in 2012; and
WHEREAS, the cut in 2012 marked the third time in ten years shared revenue was
cut to help address the state’s fiscal difficulties, including a $57.6 million cut in 2004 and a
$23 million cut in 2010; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh Shared Revenue and Expenditure Restraint
Revenue was reduced by a combined $1,192,787 in 2012; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh is projected to have its Shared Revenue and
Expenditure Restraint Revenue reduced by a combined $33,700 in 2013; and
WHEREAS, these reductions in State Aid have the unintended consequence of
raising local property taxes or reducing the ability of the City to provide current or
enhanced services and the ability of the City to provide for local economic growth; and
WHEREAS, Governor Walker and legislative leaders have made job creation and
economic growth a top priority; and
WHEREAS, to create jobs and economic growth, municipalities must invest in
services that businesses demand, such as police protection, fire suppression, road
maintenance, and snowplowing; and
WHEREAS, to create jobs and economic growth, municipalities must invest in
infrastructure that businesses demand, such as sewer pipes, water mains, roads, culverts,
and bridges; and
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WHEREAS, to create jobs and economic growth, municipalities must invest
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significant funds in a variety of development tools, such as development incentives and
grants, business incubators, recruitment and retention efforts, community branding,
public/private partnerships, economic development networks, urban service area
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 12-489 RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, a strong infrastructure for economic growth, which includes an efficient
and effective transportation system to serve the workers and business community, is vital
and necessary to the future of our state; and
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin recently announced that tax revenues were
projected to be $126 million higher than budgeted; and
WHEREAS, the increase in revenue was attributed to economic growth and new
jobs being created in Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the State should reinvest a portion of this revenue growth in local
communities to spur further job creation and economic growth and put Wisconsin on the
road to permanent financial stability;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council for the City of
Oshkosh urges the Governor and the Legislature to immediately restore the$48 million cut
in shared revenue while municipalities are preparing their 2013 budgets so that taxpayers
can receive relief on their 2013 tax bill.