
Source: Channel3000_Communities (CC BY 2.0)
Baraboo Council Considers Cuts
During Tuesday night’s meeting, the Baraboo City Council discussed closing the city pool, cuts to the city’s shared-ride taxi service, as well as increased event permit fees and parking fines, among other cost-saving measures. Mayor Rob Nelson said the council will have to make some tough cost-cutting decisions in the coming weeks.
Nelson said many of the economic challenges Baraboo is facing are structural and built into the state’s funding formula for municipalities.
A majority of residents said no to a city operational referendum, which would have meant a $2 million tax levy increase to maintain the city’s current services.

Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at joann.krulatz@civicmedia.us.
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