Governor Evers Meets With Mayors of Wisconsin's Largest Cities

Friday, January 6th, 2023 -- 9:01 AM

(AP) Gov. Tony Evers met with the mayors of Wisconsin’s five largest cities behind closed doors for about an hour on Wednesday, one of the first official acts of his second term.

The meeting comes as Evers and the Legislature weigh making substantial changes to how local governments, including cities, are funded. Cities, counties, towns and villages are hoping a record-high budget surplus approaching $7 billion will give policymakers the freedom to increase funding and perhaps change the formula used to determine how much money local governments get from the state.

The mayors of Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Green Bay and Kenosha all met privately with Evers. The mayors, like Evers, are all Democrats. Racine Mayor Cory Mason said he was encouraged that no one in the meeting was locked into a single plan, but instead all were united in the need to increase funding.

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