By Dave Fidlin
CORRESPONDENT
The after-effects of Gov. Scott Walker’s recently minted state 2017-19 biennium budget have resulted in a series of ripple effects in the City of Whitewater as the 2018 municipal budget is being assembled.
City Manager Cameron Clapper, who presented a cursory overview of next year’s operating plan at a Common Council meeting Oct. 3, said there are a number of line items linked to Madison that are trending downward.
Based on the numbers that came in, Clapper said the city needs to step up its efforts to plan methodically in the years ahead.
“As we look at the depletion of state revenue … we need to plan how we’ll address shortages in the future,” Clapper said.
Unlike most of its peers, Whitewater leans more heavily on the state for funding for several reasons — most notably, the presence of a state-run university within its municipal borders and a power plant.
For full coverage of this, and other items from the Oct. 3 Common Council meeting, see the Oct. 19 edition of the Whitewater Register.
