Keep lid on Dane County tax hike

Wisconsin State Journal

Supervisors of all political stripes need to work together this budget cycle to give and take in ways that don't push up the property tax burden even higher than it's already heading.

The city is considering hiking its tax burden by close to $100 on the average Madison home. The Madison school district plans to hike its average bill by more than $200.

The Madison Area Technical College wants to up its average Madison bill by about $30 - plus the college is seeking additional dollars for a building referendum.

It all adds up to several hundred dollars of additional tax burden on ordinary people when they can least afford it. As Falk notes in her budget memo to county supervisors, more than 5,000 Dane County properties are already behind on their payments.

Madison schools' property taxes are set to increase 9+% this winter.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 7, 2010 1:03 AM
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