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When voters approved Brookfield’s half-cent Transportation Tax in 1997, they did so with the understanding that it would ‘sunset’ in five years and need their further approval at the polls to be extended another five years. Since then, Brookfield voters have faithfully renewed the Transportation Tax every five years, presumably because they like the condition of Brookfield’s streets, which has been made possible by that half-cent sales tax.
When the Brookfield City Council approved the Transportation Tax for the 1997 ballot, its members did so with a promise to the public that revenues from the half-cent sales tax would never be used for anything but repairing and preserving Brookfield’s streets. They have kept their word.
In April Brookfield voters will again see renewal of the half-cent Transportation Tax on the ballot.
“It would be hard to imagine street maintenance in Brookfield without this dedicated revenue stream,” Brookfield City Manager Dave Hane told his audience during the most recent Brookfield Chamber luncheon. “Taking that amount of money out of General Revenue would be difficult, if not impossible.”
As a good steward of these tax revenues, Hane has provided a rundown of both the Transportation Tax revenues and expenditures over the past five years:
Total Transportation Tax revenues from 2007 through 2011 were $1,688,487, and total expenditures were $1,683,008, leaving a balance of $5,479 to the good.
When voters approved Brookfield’s half-cent Transportation Tax in 1997, they did so with the understanding that it would ‘sunset’ in five years and need their further approval at the polls to be extended another five years. Since then, Brookfield voters have faithfully renewed the Transportation Tax every five years, presumably because they like the condition of Brookfield’s streets, which has been made possible by that half-cent sales tax.
When the Brookfield City Council approved the Transportation Tax for the 1997 ballot, its members did so with a promise to the public that revenues from the half-cent sales tax would never be used for anything but repairing and preserving Brookfield’s streets. They have kept their word.
In April Brookfield voters will again see renewal of the half-cent Transportation Tax on the ballot.
“It would be hard to imagine street maintenance in Brookfield without this dedicated revenue stream,” Brookfield City Manager Dave Hane told his audience during the most recent Brookfield Chamber luncheon. “Taking that amount of money out of General Revenue would be difficult, if not impossible.”
As a good steward of these tax revenues, Hane has provided a rundown of both the Transportation Tax revenues and expenditures over the past five years:
Total Transportation Tax revenues from 2007 through 2011 were $1,688,487, and total expenditures were $1,683,008, leaving a balance of $5,479 to the good.
