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Putnam committee advances 1% sales‑tax extension to full legislature after heated municipal revenue sharing debate
Summary
After extensive public comment from towns and villages urging a share of sales tax revenue, the rules committee advanced the county executive’s request to extend the temporary 1% sales‑tax increase to the full legislature; an attempt to amend the extension to 3.5% (a 0.5% cut) failed in committee.
The Putnam County Rules, Enactments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee voted on Feb. 19 to advance the county executive’s request — asking the state to continue a temporary 1% county sales‑tax increase — to the full legislature for consideration, after a lengthy public hearing in which town supervisors and village mayors urged the county to share a portion of sales‑tax surplus with municipal governments.
Nut graf: Town and village leaders said direct distribution of sales‑tax surplus would help local infrastructure and reduce upward pressure on property taxes; some legislators favored reducing the county rate by 0.5 percentage point and returning money to towns, but an amendment to cap the county…
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