Preserve Local Revenue Sources. It is imperative that the municipal tax base be protected and that the state shared revenue program be adequately funded. Specific Issues Local Transportation Aid and Assistance. The League will work to see that the percentage of transportation fund revenue appropriated to local aid and assistance programs is increased. While funding for these programs increased under the 1999-2001 state budget, the percentage of transportation fund revenue appropriated for local roads and streets is substantially less than the percentage appropriated for state highway purposes.
State law requires all materials banned from landfills to be recycled.
Currently, state recycling grants support about 30 percent of municipal recycling costs. Shared Revenue and Expenditure Restraint Programs. Shared revenue funding levels have been frozen since 1995. The League is cognizant of the fact that the Kettl Commission has recommended modifications to the current shared revenue program. Unless an acceptable alternative to the current program is proposed and enacted, funding for the shared revenue, expenditure restraint, and the small municipalities' shared revenue programs should be increased by at least the rate of inflation in each year of the biennium.