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Charter review board asks county to post fuller financial-impact information online
Summary
The Hillsborough County Charter Review Board voted to draft a resolution recommending the county post expanded financial impact information for proposed ballot measures in a single, easy-to-find location on the county website and to work with the budget office on a template for future statements.
At a June meeting, the Hillsborough County Charter Review Board voted to ask the county to make fuller financial-impact information for proposed ballot measures available in a single, easy-to-find place on the county website and to work with the county budget office on a standard template for such statements.
Board members said the request responds to an existing gap between the succinct financial-impact language currently in the county charter and the longer, term-based revenue estimates voters often need to evaluate long-duration taxes. Mary Helen Ferris of the county attorney’s office told the board, “There is a a court case and an attorney general's opinion that…
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