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Commissioners defer decision on sales-tax limits for ‘quality of life’ spending until budget season
Summary
After a lengthy debate, the board agreed to delay action until October on competing resolutions that would cap county use of sales tax proceeds for discretionary “quality of life” items and restrict use of property tax dollars for those purposes.
Sedgwick County commissioners on Wednesday debated two competing resolutions intended to limit the use of county revenue for discretionary “quality of life” items such as museums, parks and events. After nearly 40 minutes of discussion the board voted to defer final action until Oct. 1 so the topic can be discussed during the budget cycle.
Commissioner Jim Howell proposed a resolution that would tie annual quality-of-life spending to the county’s pledged portion of the 1% countywide sales tax — a measure Howell said would prevent the use of property-tax dollars for discretionary…
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