Wausau Mayor Discusses Shared Revenue

Monday, June 12th, 2023 -- 8:39 AM

(Mike Leischner, WSAU) Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg was among those celebrating last week's shared revenue agreement between Democratic Governor Tony Evers and the Republican controlled legislature, according to Mike Leischner with WSAU.

"Because it's huge. It's a huge change to how we fund cities and towns and counties. And it's a big deal. We've been advocating for this forever."

Rosenberg said the money comes at just the right time for the city, which has a three-year grant to fund additional firefighter positions.

"Just under a $1 million more for our general fund, which is a big deal. We'll be able to pay for our firefighters. We'll be able to do some of those expansion that we have with the police department, having our outreach coordinator."

Rosenberg also noted how rare incidents like this are in Madison, where both sides have reason to celebrate.

"For ordinary Wisconsinites who maybe are sick to death of politics, they're going to be pretty pleased by this. Or maybe they'll be unaffected, which is also, in general, fine. You want exactly want you want and it's hard to compromise, but I think that's what we're seeing here is compromise."

The deal was announced last Thursday after lengthy negotiations between the sides- final numbers are still being worked out.

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