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Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) Facts
VRF is permitted under State of Wisconsin Statues §341.35. Funds received from the
VRF are only permitted to be utilized for transportation related purposes.
VRF would be collected primarily from residents. State Statues exempt vehicles in
excess of 8,000 lbs. from the fee. This means that businesses utilizing those larger
vehicles would not pay the VRF.
Municipally owned and State of Wisconsin owned vehicles are among the list of vehicles
exempt from the VRF as identified in Wisconsin Statues §341.35.
The street portion of special assessments could be eliminated if VRF is set high enough.
o This would not impact special assessments related to utilities, sidewalks or
driveway aprons.
o If the street portion of the special assessments were eliminated, the City could
reduce the need for borrowing, or increase the amount of streets being worked
on.
Property owners currently paying special assessments would still need to continue with
their payments plus pay the VRF on their vehicles each year.
Paying an annual VRF would help those homeowners who cannot afford making
payments for a street special assessment.
The City bills property owners for special assessments after the construction project is
complete. Only the property owners adjacent to the street being work on are paying for
the street repairs. One homeowner reported he was paying $266 a month for the next 15
years for the total of his special assessments relating to a street reconstruction project.
This total includes not only the street reconstruction portion, but also utility service
lateral costs, sidewalk costs and driveway apron costs. If a VRF is instituted then all
vehicles, registered in the City of Oshkosh, rated less than 8000 lbs. would be helping to
pay for only that street portion of those costs.
Motion-Is for the LRFC to advise the council to eliminate special assessments for
LRFC
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street reconstruction projects for “Residential1properties” &“Residential 2
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properties”as defined in the City’s Special Assessment Policy.
1
Property with one or two dwelling units
2
Properties with more than two dwelling units, churches, schools, or a similarly-used tax-exempt property shall be
treated as “Residential 2” properties