County Sales Tax /Garbage Fee for city of Oshkosh

There are those who did not like the .005 of 1 % sales taxes the County Executive was proposing to preserve jobs and for keeping the same level of services for Winnebago County. But at the same time supported the $10 a month garage fee, some called it necessary to balance the budget and called it better for it “was the greater of two evils”.

Here is something for all of you to consider. If the garbage fee were made permanent for a full year, then at $10 (which it is presently and could go up) it would cost each household $120 a year. Now consider the .005 of 1% sales tax that the county was considering. One would have to spend $24,000 in sales taxable items to pay the amount equal to that of a full year of garbage fees. And remember the garbage fee will more likely to go up more and faster than the sales tax would. Also there is a movement in the state legislature to let municipalities have a sales tax.

I have not seen or heard much resistance from the Chamber of Commerce or the newspaper concerning the garbage fee, yet it would hit people individuals harder than a proposed dales tax for the county . Just something for you all to think about as well as city council and county board supervisors to consider