MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) — The Lincoln County Board of Supervisors has voted to sunset the county’s so-called ‘wheel tax’ in a decision made Tuesday.
The extra $20 per vehicle fee for most passenger cars had been in place since 2018. It was supposed to be temporary, but supervisors had been renewing it each year since then. This despite multiple calls to get rid of the fee each year.
The tax garnered more than $500,000 in yearly revenue for the county, but now it will have to make up those funds some other way.
“We have a lot of confidence and faith in everything we’re doing and I think we’ll be able to make up the lost revenue and we’ll adjust as needed,” said Jesse Boyd, the Lincoln County Board’s Vice Chair.
The supervisor who authored the resolution says the multiple extensions of the fee had “eroded public confidence” in the board.
So far, Boyd says people are generally happy with no longer having to pay that fee.
