Link to website.Link to July 3 Stevens Point Journal article, "Towns struggle with less as state budget cuts municipalities' funding".
Excerpt: Signed by Gov. Jim Doyle this week, the state budget includes a 3.5 percent cut to the amount of shared revenue distributed to local governments. According Stadelman, whose association represents 1,253 of the state's 1,257 towns, those cuts likely will result in towns being able repair fewer roads.
"Any cut (between) $3,000 and $10,000 probably means less road work; that's their biggest expenditure," he said. "You can't cut fire protection and some of those other things, and we don't have police protection in most towns. Roads are one of the areas where they can try to get by with less maintenance or improvements."
Excerpt: Signed by Gov. Jim Doyle this week, the state budget includes a 3.5 percent cut to the amount of shared revenue distributed to local governments. According Stadelman, whose association represents 1,253 of the state's 1,257 towns, those cuts likely will result in towns being able repair fewer roads.
"Any cut (between) $3,000 and $10,000 probably means less road work; that's their biggest expenditure," he said. "You can't cut fire protection and some of those other things, and we don't have police protection in most towns. Roads are one of the areas where they can try to get by with less maintenance or improvements."
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