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DeKalb County Council agrees to pursue wheel tax at minimum rates; schedules special meeting for final votes
Summary
After hours of public and council discussion, the DeKalb County Council voted 5-2 to move forward with a county motor vehicle excise/surtax at the statutory minimum rates and approved first reading of an ordinance; members scheduled a special meeting for second and third readings.
The DeKalb County Council voted 5 to 2 on Aug. 13 to pursue a county motor vehicle excise surtax and wheel tax at the statutory minimum rates and approved first reading of an ordinance establishing the tax. The council approved first reading of ordinance 2025-OCC-5 with minimum rates filled in and set a special meeting for second and third readings on Monday, Aug. 18 at 1:00 p.m. The vote followed a lengthy discussion among council members and staff about shortfalls in highway maintenance funding, the soon-to-be-reduced "lighted" revenues, and how a wheel tax would interface with city and town levies and community crossings grant eligibility. Councilmembers…
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