Number
241076
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. CHAMBERS AND MOORE
Title
Substitute resolution reserving and appropriating up to $36,000 from the 2024 Common Council Contingent Fund to the Office of the City Treasurer for mailing printed tax receipts.
Analysis
This resolution reserves and appropriates up to $36,000 from the 2024 Common Council Contingent Fund to the Office of the City Treasurer for mailing printed tax receipts.
Body
Whereas, The 2024 Budget allocated $379,615 to the City Treasurer’s Office for postal and mailing services; and
Whereas, The total amount allocated for postal and mailing services in the Mayor’s 2025 Proposed Budget is $308,445, which is a decrease of $71,170, or 18.75%, from the 2024 Budget; and
Whereas, In the 2025 Proposed Budget, funding for tax bill and receipt postage is $60,290 less than in 2024, while mail room postage is $5,260 less; and
Whereas, The mailing of tax receipts, a long-standing practice by the City Treasurer’s Office, is proposed to be eliminated in the 2025 Budget, with a decrease of $6,660 in funding; and
Whereas, Amendment 14 in the 2025 Budget Amendments packet, which after discussion by the Finance and Personnel Committee was withdrawn from consideration, would have added $71,170 to the City Treasure’s budget from the tax levy; and
Whereas, The Common Council Contingent Fund is budgeted at $5,000,000 in 2024; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that up to $36,000 shall be reserved and appropriated from the 2024 Common Council Contingent Fund (0001-9990-C001-006300), and allocated to the Office of the City Treasurer (0001-2210-R999-006300) for mailing printed tax receipts; and, be it
Further Resolved, That funds shall be appropriated to the City Treasurer’s operating account and the funding shall be carried over for expenditure in 2025; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller and other appropriate City officials are di...
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