A plan to implement a sales tax in Waukesha County is now considered to be dead. Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow made the announcement to the county board of supervisors on Jan. 28. He first proposed the 0.
A proposed ordinance that would've authorized a 0.5% sales tax to address potential budget shortfalls was put on hold last year.
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Just over thre months after its introduction, a proposal that would have added a 0.5% sales tax in Waukesha County is now off the table. County
Prosecutors said two men concocted the plan while they were both inmates at the Waukesha County Jail last year.