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Severance council weighs re-running transportation tax and adds lodging-tax discussion ahead of November ballot
Summary
Councilors considered placing a 1% sales-tax measure and lodging tax on the November ballot and discussed messaging challenges after the town’s earlier failed attempt to replace a transportation utility fee with a tax.
Town councilors discussed multiple potential ballot measures for the Nov. 2025 coordinated election at a June 10 work session, including re-running a proposed 1% sales tax intended to replace the town’s transportation utility fee and placing a lodging (short-term rental/hotels) tax before voters.
Town Manager Nick Wharton told the council the ballot text has to be certified in August and that the town has only a limited window to return a final version for the county to include on ballots. Wharton presented a revised draft that incorporates language explaining…
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