Vernon County asks state to dedicate 2023 surplus to county highway maintenance
The board adopted Resolution 2023-34 requesting that part of the State of Wisconsin’s 2023 budget surplus be allocated to county trunk highway maintenance and LRIP programs.
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Highway Commissioner Phil Hewitt told the board the resolution asks the State to use a portion of the 2023 budget surplus to boost county General Transportation Aids and Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) funding. The minutes reference a nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimate of a $7.1 billion state surplus earlier in 2023 and the history of LRIP as a one-time use of surplus revenue that later became an ongoing support mechanism.
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