Ozaukee County, Wis., Officials Hope to Cut Tax Levy

If Milwaukee County could present a budget that reduced the tax levy with the financial problems it is facing, Ozaukee County should be able to do the same, [Gus Wirth] said. The budget reflects [Tom Meaux]'s efforts to begin consolidating county departments around the services each one deliver...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Cole, Jeff
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 04.10.2002
Subjects
Budgets
Counties
Meaux, Tom
Prisons
Property taxes
Tax rates
Wirth, Gus
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Summary:If Milwaukee County could present a budget that reduced the tax levy with the financial problems it is facing, Ozaukee County should be able to do the same, [Gus Wirth] said. The budget reflects [Tom Meaux]'s efforts to begin consolidating county departments around the services each one delivers. He noted that the county's Transit Department is being moved from the supervision of the Aging Services Department to that of the Highway Department. "Revenue increases are reflected in sales tax projections, jail boarding program, golf operations, social services, community programs and public health," Meaux wrote. As an example, the county's two golf courses would be required to pay $20,000 each to the county as a kind of internal tax.