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: January 5, 2011
Tags: Alberta Darling, Common Counci, Michelle Nate, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Public Schools Board of Directors, MPS, realtors, Robert Rauh, Rosann St. Aubin, Ruzicka, Willie Hines
By Joe Lanane Milwaukee Public Schools shies away from selling vacant schools to charter programs that would not add to district enrollment. That, at least partially, has led to the district spending as much as $1 million per year maintaining 13 vacant schools. Taxpayers cover that cost, and one Milwaukee alderman argues that is too [...]
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 2, 2009
Tags: Camp Getschow, Department of Transportation, Garza, Glenwood School, Milwaukee Public Schools, shooting, Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center, traffic, US Youth Games
Wisconsin highway fatalities down 11 percent so far MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With two months left in the year, Wisconsin continues its trend of fewer people being killed in highway crashes. The Department of Transportation reports that as of late last week, 441 people have died in accidents — or 57 fewer than at the [...]
Published: October 2, 2009
Tags: budget, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee Public Schools, road, the Milwaukee Area Technical College, TIF
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Milwaukee and other government agencies would feel the heat from the city’s latest attempt to burn through its backlog of street projects. The city has 214 miles of road that need repairs (PDF) and a budget strained to the breaking point. So Milwaukee Alderman Jim Bohl wants to use tax-incremental financing money [...]
Published: April 27, 2009
Tags: Milwaukee Public Schools, MPS, stimulus
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The Milwaukee Public Schools capital budget cannot keep pace with the district’s deferral of projects. Ultimately, the district might choose to tear down the buildings it cannot afford to fix. The MPS proposed 2010 budget includes $20.1 million for construction — $3 million less than the 2009 adopted budget. But the 2010 [...]
