Tax Transparency Approved by Common Council!

[jalinder]

Dear ILMPS Supporter:

Thanks to everyone who emailed or called their Milwaukee Alderperson! This morning the Milwaukee Common Council passed a resolution that instructs the City Treasurer to annually insert information into the tax bill mailing that provides clear and accurate information on the tax levy attributable to the voucher program.

Alderpersons Kovac and Coggs sponsored the resolution and Alderman Bauman voiced strong support at the committee level. Alderman Murphy, Chairman of the Finance and Personnel Committee, supported the resolution and called for a second meeting of his committee which took place early this morning in order to move the resolution to the full council meeting which began at 9am.

 

The MPCP (Milwaukee Parental Choice Program) levy insert will be provided on a 3.33” by 8.5” mailing that will eliminate the need to pay nearly $20,000 in postage costs. The information on the insert will be provided by Milwaukee Public Schools and reviewed for accuracy by the Office of the Comptroller.

 

MPS representatives expressed their thanks to city officials for moving the process forward and made clear that there is a continuing interest to include the MPCP levy information on additional documents including the tax bill itself. Adding information to the tax bill requires a waiver from the Department of Revenue, and due to time constraints a waiver was not requested for the 2011 tax bill. But hopefully will be requested for next year.

If you have a moment email or call your alderperson to thank them for supporting property tax transparency.

Thank you again for speaking up!

Sincerely,

Jasmine Alinder

ILMPS

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