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Resolution introduced by Alderperson Martin at the July 3, 2014 Common Council meeting relating to wheel tax.
#22-R-14 - Martin
"WHEREAS, Wisconsin law allows a city to collect an annual municipal or county vehicle registration fee (wheel tax) in addition to the regular annual registration fee paid for a vehicle
WHEREAS, All vehicles with automobile registration or truck registration at 8,000 lbs. or less (except dual purpose farm registration) kept in the municipality are subject to the wheel tax
WHEREAS, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation collects wheel taxes for the municipality, keeps an administrative fee of 10 cents per vehicle application and sends the rest to the municipality
WHEREAS, Special assessments for public roads can cost thousands of dollars and assessed back to the property owner, causing some of our elderly, young families, and single parent with children financial hardships that are unbearable
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The City of Appleton implement a wheel tax starting in 2015 to assist with existing road construction replacement. Planned for 2015, the wheel tax would not be more than twenty dollars."