The City of Madison may receive $28,000 less than requested from the state for securing the protests at the Capitol last winter.
The Department of Administration cut the City of Madison's reimbursement request—covering police and fire departments and bus system—from around $740,000 to $712,000, not reimbursing costs related to the purchase of reusable items, mechanics and service staff.
Republican lawmakers had criticized the validity of the city's claim.
DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said in a memo to the Joint Finance Committee the administration considered several reimbursement requests invalid because they were not ""direct"" costs.
But Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he was disappointed the state came back with the new figure.
""Understanding that the city kept order during the protests, seeing the $28,000 being removed even initially is unfortunate,"" Resnick said.
But roughly $5,000 was added to Madison's original claim to include Madison Metro system's excess bus driver hours.
The DOA eventually concluded its review of the four remaining claims weeks after the JFC already approved reimbursement requests for 194 Wisconsin localities. Those four claims, including the City of Madison's request, were turned in late .
State Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, and 12 other Republican representatives had previously asked the JFC to scrutinize the Madison request in a letter because they argued Madison officials, including former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney increased security costs by supporting the protests.
JFC lawmakers have until Nov. 2 to raise concerns with the DOA's analysis.
—Samy Moskol
