2027 DPW budget highlights
Summary
The public works budget is mostly status quo, but a $7-per-ton tipping fee increase from Outagamie County would push refuse cart fees up about five cents per 30 gallons. Salt supplies need restocking after the brutal 2025-26 winter, and a potential $310,000 state transportation aid audit penalty would be absorbed through project carryovers and contingency funds.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
Refuse cart fees would rise about five cents per 30 gallons; the audit penalty could total over $300,000.
Residents get continued service levels with no project cuts proposed.
Residents paying slightly higher cart fees as county tipping fees keep climbing.
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