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Agency Anecdotes
DOR Publishes MOE Forms
Act 12, last session’s historic state investment in local government funding, required that local governments comply with Maintenance of Effort (MOE) obligations to continue receiving their full shared revenue payments. Municipal clerks have already filed their baseline report for 2024 and should now begin preparing to file the 2025 report which is due on July 1.
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) has published the forms that must be completed by persons in change of providing law enforcement, fire service, and emergency medical services on its website. These forms should be completed and submitted to the municipal clerk by June 16 to allow the clerk to submit the full MOE Report by July 1. Complete and accurate reports must be received by DOR by July 1 to avoid being assessed a 15% shared revenue payment reduction penalty.
DOR has a number of helpful webpages for municipal officials, including a page with all the necessary forms, a frequently asked questions page, and a one-page summary of report instructions. Municipal officials with questions may also reference the League’s MOE webpage and watch this webinar hosted by the League which features DOR. Questions may be directed to DOR at lgs@wisconsin.gov or to League Government Affairs staff at the email addresses listed at the end of this Bulletin.
Supplemental EMS Payments Information
Three recent trainings hosted by Public Consulting Group on the Wisconsin Medicaid Supplemental Payment Program for Public EMS Providers were well attended by municipal officials. Clearly there’s a lot of excitement over this new program to help close the gap between current Medicaid reimbursement rates and the true cost of providing emergency care and transportation to Medicaid recipients!
If you were unable to attend one of these trainings, or if you attended but want to watch the training again, a recording of the webinar is available here. Additionally, Public Consulting Group has prepared a Provider Readiness Desk Reference for Reporting Allocated Direct Costs Data to assist in the calculations necessary to comply with the extra reporting requirements. The reference is available here.
⭐Payments for this new program are retroactive to January 1, 2023, but EMS providers must opt in to this program as participation is not automatic nor mandatory. Learn more about the new program on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ website.
CDBG Webinar Recording Available
The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) hosted trainings earlier this year for the Community Development Block Grant’s (CDBG) Planning and Public Facilities Programs. Municipalities with populations under 50,000 that are interested in applying for grant funding from these two CDBG programs are encouraged to watch the webinar recording prior to submitting your 2025 application. The slides and recording are available on DOA’s website.
CDBG - Planning Program is an open submission process with no due date, but applications for the CDBG - Public Facilities Program are due by 4:00pm on May 15.
Judicial Privacy Act Information
As mentioned in the League’s Summary of Bills Introduced in the Past Two Weeks linked above, the Judicial Privacy Act, 2023 Wisconsin Act 235, took effect on April 1, 2025. Generally speaking, this new law allows certain judicial officials to request that local governments do not share their personal information with the public or publicly post the personal information.
The Director of State Courts recently published Informational Bulletin (IB) 25-03 which elaborates on the process that judicial officials must complete to receive these protections. These requests may have been or will soon be received by some municipal officials. IB 25-03 may be read here. A full summary of Act 235, including a list of frequently asked questions, is available here.
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