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Guadalupe County weighs sales-tax county assistance district to fund roads, fire and law enforcement
Summary
Commissioners discussed creating a county assistance district that would add up to 1.5 cents in sales tax in unincorporated areas, an option county staff estimate could generate roughly $1.5 million–$1.8 million a year and would require voter approval to take effect.
Guadalupe County commissioners on July 1 opened a multi-hour discussion about forming a county assistance district — a sales-tax mechanism the county could use to raise revenue for roads, fire protection and law enforcement in unincorporated areas.
Commissioner Carpenter, who requested the item, said the district would be “sales tax based, so it is a consumption tax rather than a property tax,” and would apply only in unincorporated parts of the county where the overall sales-tax rate is lower. Carpenter said the county could add about 1.5 cents to bring unincorporated areas in line with the countywide maximum of 8.25 percent. The comptroller’s office and county staff estimated revenue from that increase at roughly $1.5 million to…
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