Abele asks for $60 wheel tax for Milwaukee County in 2017
A $60 vehicle registration fee, or wheel tax, is needed beginning in 2017 to help pay for Milwaukee County's bus transit system and costs of repairing county highways and parkways, County Executive Chris Abele said Thursday.
The new fee would be a dedicated source of funding for transportation and generate around $27.1 million a year, Abele told reporters at the courthouse.
The county fee would be paid on top of the state's $75 registration fee for vehicle owners, for a total of $135. City of Milwaukee vehicle owners already pay a separate wheel tax of $20 so the total for city owners would become $155.
"No," Supervisor Michael Mayo Sr. said in response to the proposed registration fee.
Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2016/09/29/abele-asks-60-wheel-tax-2017/91262778/
