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Middleton staff outline 2026 budget outlook: modest state aid increases but multi‑year gaps persist
Summary
City of Middleton staff told the finance committee a recent state budget will add modest aid (including a 3.4% shared-revenue boost) and an estimated $81,000 in state funding next year, but multi-year projections still show growing gaps and a near-term shortfall of about $150,000.
Speaker 5, a city staff member presenting the City of Middleton’s Part 2 budget kickoff, told the finance committee the biannual state budget "was approved with bipartisan support and signed into law by Governor Evers on 07/03/2025," and outlined several municipal impacts relevant to the 2026 budget.
The presenter said the state package includes additional funding for transportation and municipal aid, higher EMS training cost reimbursement to support recruitment, expanded bonding authority for environmental projects, and programmatic changes to the state innovation grant intended to increase flexibility. "That requirement for a 10% reduction in cost has been replaced with a requirement that the combined cost cannot exceed 115 of the prior year cost, and it changed the minimum duration period for an agreement to 3 years," Speaker 5 said, adding that Department of Revenue rules are still forthcoming.
Among Middleton-specific estimates, Speaker 5 said shared revenue is projected to…
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