Overview
- The Cudahy Common Council approved a $25 vehicle-registration fee on a 3–2 vote after a heated meeting packed with opponents.
- Public commenters uniformly opposed the tax, and 1st District Alderwoman Miranda Levy advanced the $25 compromise that ultimately passed.
- City Administrator JJ Larson’s memorandum warned that without the fee the city would leave a sworn police officer position unfilled, shift funding for the July 4 celebration and National Night Out to donations, and trim smaller public works projects.
- An earlier $50 wheel tax proposal, rejected after backlash, was estimated to raise about $600,000 toward the budget gap.
- The Wisconsin Senate approved Senate Bill 467 to require local wheel taxes to go to voters, a measure authored by Sen. Rob Hutton that passed largely along party lines.