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City staff urges reauthorization of 1% municipal option sales tax for water, warns of funding cliff in 2026
Summary
The municipal-option 1% sales tax dedicated to water and sewer (implemented Sept. 2022) will expire Sept. 30, 2026; staff reported $17.0 million collected to date and recommended placing a reauthorization referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot to continue critical infrastructure work, including PFAS treatment upgrades already installed.
Water resources director Melissa Echeverria told council Aug. 11 that the one-percent municipal-option sales tax (MOST) East Point voters approved in 2022 — dedicated to water and sewer infrastructure — will discontinue Sept. 30, 2026 unless reauthorized.
Echeverria said the city has collected $17,016,755.69 to date and used approximately $11,080,548.76 on projects to date, and that the utility program has used MOST funds to reduce system failures and to fund upgrades including granulated activated carbon filters for PFAS treatment. She said the city has reduced water main breaks from an average of about one per week to…
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