% >> THE HEADLINE FROM THE STATE
% CAPITOL, THERE'S A SHARED
% REVENUE DEAL AND A SCHOOL
% FUNDING PACKAGE.
% ON THE 1st, THAT'S GOOD NEWS
% FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS
% WISCONSIN WHO HAVE BEEN SOUNDING
% THE ALARM ON THE NEED FOR AN
% INFUSION OF STATE FUNDING,
% ESPECIALLY FOR POLICE AND FIRE
% SERVICES.
% THE SHARED REVENUE PACKAGE WAS
% DESIGNED TO DO JUST THAT, GIVING
% 20% OF THE MONEY THE STATE
% COLLECTS FROM THE SALES TAX TO
% LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUT HOW THE
% PACKAGE TREATS MILWAUKEE NEARLY
% FELL APART THIS WEEK AND
% THREATENED TO PUT STATE BUDGET
% WORK ON HOLD.
% MILWAUKEE WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN A
% 10% INCREASE WITH THE ABILITY TO
% RAISE MORE IN SALES TAX.
% THE ADDITIONAL BUMP TIED TO
% VOTERS THERE.
% BUT MILWAUKEE, FACING
% INSOLVENCY, WORRIED THE VOTE
% WOULD FAIL.
% LEGISLATIVE LEADERS WERE SPLIT
% AND UNDER TIGHT LE DEADLINE TO E
% TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
% GOVERNOR.
% BY WEEK'S END, THERE WAS AN
% AGREEMENT, AND THEN SOME,
% INCLUDING ON SCHOOL FUNDING.
% WE TURN TO BUREAU CHIEF SHAUN
% JOHNSON FOR DETAILS.
% HI, SHAUN.
% >> HI, FRED.
% >> SO WHAT IS IN THIS MOST
% IMPORTANT SHARED REVENUE
% PACKAGE?
% >> I THINK WE'VE BEEN HEARING
% ABOUT THE BROAD STROKES FOR
% WEEKS AND MONTHS RIGHT NOW AND
% ALL THOSE ARE STILL IN THERE.
% YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PORTION
% OF THE STATE SALES TAX, 20% OF
% THE SAT STATE SALES TAX GOING
% FORWARD WILL BE DEDICATED TO
% LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
% SO AS THE SALVATION TAX GROWS,
% LOCAL -- SALES TAX GROWS, LOCAL
% GOVERNMENTS WILL GET MORE MONEY,
% WHICH IS A FAR CRY FROM WHAT
% THEY'VE BEEN THE LAST 20 YEARS
% WHEN THEY SAW THEIR FIXED BUDGET
% FROM THE STATE CUT THREE TIMES.
% AS FAR AS LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF
% MONEY THAT THEY GET, IT'S GOING
% TO VARY.
% TOWNS ARE GOING TO GET A LARGER
% PERCENTAGE INCREASE, BUT CITIES
% WILL GET A LARGER DOLLAR
% INCREASE.
% EVERYBODY WILL GET AT LEAST A
% 20% INCREASE IN THE PACKAGE THAT
% WAS RELEASED THIS WEEK AND THEN
% THERE ARE THOSE PROVISIONS IN
% MILWAUKEE THAT WERE THE MOST
% CONTENTIOUS BUT VERY KEY TO THAT
% CITY THAT WILL LET MILWAUKEE
% RAISE ITS SALES TAX BY 2% AND
% THE COUNTY RAISE ITS SALES TAX
% BY.4% WITHOUT GOING TO VOTERS.
% >> SO DOES THIS END UP, THEN,
% BEING A BETTER DEAL IN TERMS OF
% SHARED REVENUE FOR LOCAL
% GOVERNMENTS THAN WAS ORIGINALLY
% PROPOSED BY REPUBLICAN
% LEGISLATORS?%>> YEAH.
% I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU MEASURE
% IT JUST AGAINST WHAT HAS BEEN
% PROPOSED THIS YEAR, THEY
% ORIGINALLY CAME OUT WITH A 10%
% FLOOR FOR STATE PAYMENTS TO
% LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS SAID, YOU
% KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO INCREASE
% THAT FUNDING OR I'M GOING TO
% VETO THIS BILL.
% ASSEMBLY PATH A VERSION THAT HAD
% A 15% MINIMUM.
% THE VERSION THAT CAME OUT IN THE
% DEAL THIS WEEK BETWEEN GOVERNOR
% TONY EVERS AND REPUBLICAN
% LEADERS IS A 20% FLOOR.
% SO BY THE NUMBERS, THAT'S A
% BETTER DEAL.
% THERE ARE STILL ALL OF THESE
% RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL
% GOVERNMENTS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
% CAN SPEND THE MONEY.
% THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT
% THEY'RE SPENDING ON POLICE, FOR
% EXAMPLE, OR THEY WOULD BE
% FINANCIALLY PENALIZED.
% THEY CAN'T SPEND THE MONEY IN
% MILWAUKEE'S CASE ON THE STREET
% CAR OR IN ANY CASE ON DIVERSITY,
% EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS.
% BUT JUST FROM A MONEY
% STANDPOINT, THIS DEAL IS BETTER
% THAN WHERE REPUBLICANS STARTED A
% MONTH OR SO AGO.
% >> AS TO THE SCHOOL FUNDING
% PART, HOW DOES THAT SHAPE UP?
% >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEALS
% BEYOND WHAT THEY SAID IN A PRESS
% CONFERENCE AND PRESS RELEASE
% THIS WEEK, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
% THEY'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE A
% BILLION DOLLARS BETWEEN STATE
% AND LOCAL PROPERTY TAX FUNDING
% FOR SCHOOLS AND THEN THERE WILL
% ALSO BE FUNDING DEDICATED TO
% LITERACY, TO SCHOOL MENTAL
% HEALTH, TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
% IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL, YOU
% KNOW, IT'S BIGGER THAN
% REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE
% APPROVED IN YEARS PAST, ASSUMING
% THE STATE DOES FUND SOMEWHERE
% CLOSE TO A BALAN BILLION DOLLART
% SMALLER THAN WHAT THE GOVERNOR
% PROPOSED WHEN HE INTRODUCED HIS
% BUDGET EARLIER THIS YEAR.
% >> SO WITH ABOUT 30 SECONDS
% LEFT, IF THERE AREN'T TOO MANY
% DETAILS OUT THERE, NOT TOO MUCH
% MEAT ON THE BONE FOR PUBLIC
% CONSUMPTION, PRESUMABLY IT'S
% STILL BEING WORKED UP?
% >> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE
% GOING TO SEE THE REPUBLICAN
% ELEMENT OF THE EDUCATION BUDGET
% RELEASED IN THE COMING WEEKS,
% BUT THE DEAL IS SEEMINGLY SET
% FOR THIS SHARED REVENUE PACKAGE.
% THEY DID SAY THEY WANT TO GET
% DEMOCRATIC VOTES FOR IT.
% WE'LL SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT.
% >> SHAUN JOHNSON, THANKS VERY