SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - The City of Sheboygan’s Common Council will hold a public hearing Monday evening regarding its 2016 budget. The hearing is at the beginning of the council’s next regular meeting, which will get underway at 6 p.m. at City Hall.
The 35.5-million dollar budget will be a decrease from this year’s budget by nearly two-and-a-half-percent. Revenues for the city are expected to increase by more than two-percent.
One item that could get extra attention is the recent decision to reinstate a wheel tax of twenty-dollars a year for vehicles that typically reside in the city.
The council agenda does include filing a petition with over 150 signatures asking for council members to reject the tax. The petition called the tax harmful and regressive, adding the increase in transportation costs would limit people’s ability to find employment and opportunity.