Number
250640
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
241415
Sponsor
ALD. BURGELIS
Title
Substitute resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s State Legislative Package to seek introduction and passage of State legislation to ensure that state transportation aids match City-generated transportation-related tax revenue.
Analysis
This resolution amends the City of Milwaukee’s State Legislative Package to seek introduction and passage of State legislation to ensure that state transportation aids match City-generated transportation-related tax revenue.
Body
Whereas, Although Milwaukee is the economic engine of the state, with its local road network serving as a backbone of activity and daily life, a recent assessment by the Department of Public Works reveals that approximately 1,370 lane miles of Milwaukee’s streets, which represent 25% of all roadways, are in poor condition; and
Whereas, To eliminate the backlog of poor-quality streets, the City requires a total of $821 million, of which $752 million is needed for local and collector streets; and
Whereas, Despite Milwaukee accounting for nearly 10% of Wisconsin’s fuel-tax-paying, electric-vehicle-fee-paying, and sales-tax-paying taxpayers and over 5,000 lane miles, the City’s General Transportation Aids (GTA) will decrease to $26.5 million for 2025, which represents less than 5% of the State’s $547 million GTA program; and
Whereas, The City receives just $1 million every other year from the State’s Local Road Improvement Program, whereas other municipalities in Wisconsin receive a far larger share of assistance per capita; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Common Council Resolution File Number 241415 is amended by inserting the following item into the document attached to the file as the “2025-26 State Legislative Package”:
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Finance: Transportation Funding |
Seek introduction and passage of State legislation to ensure that state transportation aids match City-generated transportation-related tax revenue. |
Common Council |
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Clerk shall forward copies of this resolution to members of the City of Milwaukee’s delegation to the Wisconsin Legislature.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB180908-2
Alex Highley
7/29/2025