HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1989 (01) RESOLUTION SUPPORTING INCREASED FEDERAL HIGHWAY AIDS FOR
WISCONSIN.
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WHEREAS, Wisconsin's state and local highway and transit
programs presently need increased revenues from major funding
sources in order to properly maintain the State's highways and
bridges; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin's 20.9 cents per gallon gas tax is now
the highest in the nation; and
WHEREAS, additional increases in the basic user fees,
including the fuel taxes, vehicle registration fees, and other
miscellaneous fees, would be unfair to approve, when the other
major revenue source, federal highway aids, pays substantially
less per capita to Wisconsin as compared with the other states in
the nation; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin ranks 45th out of 50 states in federal
highway aids received with $41 per capita compared with a
national average of $66 per capita; and
WHEREAS, presently Wisconsin collects about $300 million
annually in Federal gas tax for the Federal Department of
Transportation, but receives only about $200 million annually in
Federal highway aids; and
WHEREAS, both Governor Tommy Thompson and Wisconsin
Transportation Secretary Fiedler support federal legislation
increasing the amount of Federal Highway aids sent to Wisconsin
to an amount equal to that collected in Wisconsin as Federal gas
taxes and sent to Washington, thereby allowing Wisconsin to
maintain and upgrade the transportation infrastructure in
Wisconsin;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board
of Supervisors, meeting in regular session, that the Board
strongly urges United States Senators Kasten and Kohl, together
with Congressman Steve Gunderson, to immediately draft federal
legislation to correct the wide disparity that presently exists
in Wisconsin between Federal gas taxes collected and sent to
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Washington and Federal highway aids received by the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation, so that such sums collected and
received are at least equal; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk is hereby
directed to immediately send certified copies of this Resolution
to Senator Kasten, Senator Kohl, and Congressman Steve Gunderson,
the Wisconsin County Boards Association, and all County Clerks in
the State of Wisconsin, Governor Thompson and Secretary Fiedler.
Dated this / day of � , 1987 .
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
Negative Affirmative
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