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Resident urges Jefferson County to put larger transportation sales-tax measure on November ballot, and recommends permit fees to fund short-term rental program
Summary
A resident asked the commissioners—who serve as the county’s transportation benefit district board—to place a November ballot measure to raise the sales tax by 0.2% to boost road funding and argued that a permit-fee model could fund short-term-rental program staffing.
Tom Tiersch told the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on March 10 that the county should prepare a ballot measure in November to increase the transportation sales tax by two-tenths of 1 percent and adopt a permit-fee structure for short-term rentals to fund program administration.
Tiersch addressed the county in its capacity as the transportation benefit district board and said the 0.1% tax increase set to start in April will not be enough to keep pace with…
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