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Manitowoc County proposes 2025 budget that taps sales tax, boosts roads and human services
Summary
Manitowoc County officials presented a 2025 budget proposal that keeps property taxes largely steady while adding a 0.5% local option sales tax expected to generate about $7.5 million; the plan increases highway and human services spending and requests borrowing for road work.
An unidentified county official presented Manitowoc County’s proposed 2025 budget, saying the plan aims to hold property tax rates steady while adding a 0.5% local option sales tax and increasing spending for roads and human services.
The presenter said, “We will conservatively estimate the local sales tax revenue to be at $7,500,000 in 2025,” and described a package that includes a proposed operations tax levy of $33,021,008.06 and total spending of $91,959,804 as noted in the budget booklet.
Why it matters: The proposal would shift some revenue reliance from property taxes to a new local sales tax and increase county…
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