Published: June 20, 2012
Tags: J. B. Van Hollen, Jeff Fleming, Jim Bohl, Kathleen Hohl, MATC, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Public Schools, Rob Henken, tax incremental finance districts, TID, TIF
Comments: 2
A green light from the state attorney general’s office has emboldened a Milwaukee alderman to renew his request to extend TIF districts to pay for roadwork in the city.
Published: May 29, 2012
Tags: Harnack, MATC, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Spray-O-Bond
Robin Jucpa, an employee of Spray-O-Bond Co., Milwaukee, tuck points along the east facade of Milwaukee Area Technical College’s T Building on Thursday in Milwaukee.
Published: May 31, 2011
Tags: Bob Jauch, budget, James Rehagen, Joint Finance Committee, Kurt Nickel, Madison Area Technical College, MATC, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Robert Jauch, Roger Price, Scott Walker, Sheila Harsdorf, Steven Decker, technical college, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Wisconsin Technical College System, WITC
Comments: 1
By James Briggs Surprised college officials say they‘re unsure what to make of a budget provision that would let technical colleges raise revenue by increasing property taxes with referendum approval. Property tax is the largest of three primary revenue streams for the Wisconsin Technical College System. The others are state aid and tuition and fees. [...]
Published: February 4, 2011
Tags: 601 W. Wells St., Art Dahlberg, Capitol Services, concrete, Department of Neighborhood Services, Fritsche, Ginny Gnadt, Jeff Fleming, Milwaukee Area Technical College, parking garage, TTWO Properties
By Marie Rohde Milwaukee officials closed the garage at 601 W. Wells St. on Friday after months of warning the building owners that safety repairs needed to be made. “We didn’t feel that the garage was in danger of collapsing on Friday,” said Art Dahlberg, the city commissioner of the Department of Neighborhood Services. “But [...]
Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: construction money, infrastructure, Jim Bohl, MATC, Mike Sargent, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee TIF district, roadwork, Schoewe, Stibal, tax-incremental financing, TIF, TIF Joint Review Board, Van Hollen
By Sean Ryan Municipal officials facing backlogs of roadwork are waiting on a Wisconsin attorney general’s opinion that could give them a new source of construction money. The idea of using tax-incremental financing to rebuild deteriorating roads started in the city of Milwaukee but is catching the attention of other municipalities. When Milwaukee requested to [...]
Published: January 13, 2010
Tags: Barrett, Bohl, district, Kwaterski, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Economic Development, Milwaukee Public Schools, roadwork, Scherer, tax-incremental financing
By Sean Ryan Caution could signal weakness as Milwaukee tries to drum up more money for road projects. The city is preparing to put into action Alderman Jim Bohl’s proposal to use tax-incremental financing to pay for street construction. Under the plan, the city would extend the lives of TIF districts by up to two [...]
Published: November 3, 2009
Tags: Madison Area Technical College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, price, residence hall, Shilling, Western Technical College
By Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A new state bill aims to take the financial burden of multi-million residence hall projects off taxpayers and put it on technical college students using them. Western Technical College is in the midst of building an estimated $10 million, 200-bed residence hall for students. Under current state law, the college would [...]
