| Forum Focus |
Description |
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| Understanding Property Taxes |
This forum examines the role of property taxes. Who pays, who doesn’t. What is funded by property taxes. What percentage of municipal revenues comes from property taxes and how has that changed over the years. |
Tuesday, Feb 26 |
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| Municipal Finance: Taxes, Fees & Public Revenues |
This forum focuses on state aid programs, revenue sharing, program revenues, federal grants and other municipal revenues. |
Tuesday, Mar 25 |
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| The Municipal Budget Process |
This forum examines how budgets are structured and created, how spending and taxing decisions are made and how citizens can best influence the municipal budget process. |
Tuesday, Apr 22 |
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| Economic Development |
This forum focuses on economic development, discussing relationships between government and business, growth management, quality of life and regional economic development efforts. |
Tuesday, May 20 |
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| How We Pay For Our Schools |
Where does the money come from to fund public schools? What is the role of state funding versus local funding? How does Wisconsin compare with other states? |
Tuesday, Jun 24 |
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| Where Our Education Dollars Go |
At this forum, participants will learn where educational dollars are spent. It will include an overview of labor costs and policies, what goes into administrative costs, the capital and maintenance budgets, state and federal mandates, and a description of how program decisions are made. |
Tuesday, Jul 22 |
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| The School Budget Process |
This forum examines how school budgets are structured and created, how spending and taxing decisions are made and how citizens can best influence the school budget process. |
Tuesday, Aug 26 |
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| Funding & Costs: Transportation Services |
This forum examines all of the transportation decisions and options, including highways, mass transit, bicycles and other options. It looks at funding from all sources and examines the issues facing the Dane County area. |
Tuesday, Sep 23 |
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| How We Provide Human Services |
At this forum, participants will learn what social services are provided by each unit of government and where the money comes from in the form of taxes, grants and other sources. |
Tuesday, Oct 28 |
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| Protecting Public Safety |
At the final Civitas forum, participants will learn about police, fire, EMS, emergency government and other public safety agencies. The forum will examine funding, coordination, and the role each plays. |
Tuesday, Nov 18 |
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