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Legislature refers request to continue 1% local sales-tax surcharge back to audit committee after debate
Summary
Chautauqua County legislators voted 11–7 to refer a resolution requesting continuation of a 1% sales-tax surcharge to the state back to the legislature's Audit and Control Committee for additional review and local input, after an extended debate over the proposed 85/15 county-to-municipal split and the county's fund balance.
Chautauqua County legislators on Feb. 26 voted 11–7 to refer a resolution asking the state to continue authorization for a 1% local sales-tax surcharge back to the Audit and Control Committee for further review.
The referral motion, made by Legislator Larson and seconded by Legislator Nelson, followed more than 40 minutes of debate in which Larson said the county should reconsider both whether to seek the full 1% and whether the distribution split—85% to the county and 15% to cities, towns and villages—is still appropriate given local fiscal conditions.
Larson said…
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