League of Wisconsin Municipalities: Municipalities face growing difficulty filling critical positions

Madison, Wis. – Immediately, the Wisconsin Coverage Discussion board launched a report titled, Public Sector Workforce Takes a Hit, highlighting how “turnover raises questions in regards to the public sector’s ongoing capability to fill crucial positions and deserves the consideration of policymakers.” This information attracts consideration to a actuality many municipalities are going through throughout the state, each rural and concrete, as they report a rising problem filling crucial police, public works and EMS positions.

The League of Wisconsin Municipalities’ Govt Director, Jerry Deschane, issued the next assertion highlighting how legislators are wanted to assist deal with this rising drawback because of Wisconsin’s damaged system for funding native authorities:

“In Wisconsin, state tax revenues have tripled within the final 30 years and inflation is rising above 8 p.c, however the share of state taxes going to assist crucial positions akin to police, hearth, EMS and different native companies – together with public works – has truly decreased,” mentioned League Govt Director Jerry Deschane. “The damaged system of funding native governments is resulting in much less emergency service personnel being obtainable to reply to your emergency name and resulting in a continuous lack of educated, licensed personnel who’re leaving vacancies in essential positions. We’d like our state companions to affix us in fixing the damaged system of funding native governments.”

Learn extra about how state lawmakers can repair the system for a way native governments are funded on this month’s version of the League’s “The Municipality” journal right here.