Waukesha Mayor Will Veto 2012 Budget

has decided to veto the 2012 budget that increases taxes by 1.44 percent.

The veto meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.

““The citizens have clearly stated a zero percent increase, period,” Scrima said in an e-mail to Patch. “Six aldermen have stood firm on this and I agree.”

The budget passed by the Common Council reduces spending by more than what was originally recommended by the mayor, who supported a $136 garbage fee to create a tax freeze. The council rejected the garbage fee and made further cuts to get the taxes down to a $27.39 increase from 2011 to 2012 for the median home in the city.

However, after it became apparent that there would not be support for a $136 garbage fee assessed to most homeowners, Scrima was pushing for the council to not raise taxes.

In Scrima’s , he called the garbage fee proposal a “mistake.”

The council voted 9 to 6 to approve the budget.