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Mayor raises ZIP-code sales-tax misallocations and library fundraising concerns at Glendale council meeting
Summary
Mayor Kennedy reported dozens of cases where ZIP-code mapping led to Milwaukee sales tax being charged to suburban residents (notably ZIP 53217), said USPS denied Glendale's ZIP-code review, and updated the council on allegations around the North Shore Library Foundation's handling of donor funds.
Glendale ' During the commission and staff reports portion of Monday's council meeting, Mayor Kennedy and the Intermunicipal Cooperation Council (ICC) reported two items of regional concern: sales-tax misallocations tied to ZIP-code mapping and unresolved questions about money raised for a new North Shore library.
ZIP-code sales-tax issue: Mayor Kennedy said the ICC has collected dozens of reports of online vendors and services charging Milwaukee sales tax to residents in neighboring municipalities because of ZIP-code mapping errors. "You have a problem, you implemented this wrong, and you need to fix this," Kennedy said, describing outreach to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and noting that a joint letter was sent to Secretary Casey to ask…
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