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Council advances proposed 0.08 sales-tax measure to April ballot; mayor vetoes council ordinance
Summary
The Sedalia City Council approved ordinance Bill 2025-7 to place an 0.08 (one-eighth) cent sales tax on the April ballot for roads, bridges and infrastructure, but Mayor Dawson announced a veto and returned the bill to council, citing concerns about economic burden, lack of precise ballot language and the county's concurrent road-and-bridge tax.
The Sedalia City Council voted to advance Bill 2025-7, an ordinance proposing a 0.08-cent general sales tax to raise dedicated funding for roads, bridges, sidewalks and other infrastructure for five years, but Mayor Dawson issued a veto on Jan. 13 and returned the bill to the council.
At the council meeting, members debated ballot language and local allocation concerns, including how revenue from a county road-and-bridge tax has been distributed to cities in the past. A council member urged that Sedalia receive a fixed percentage of the county tax receipts annually—10 percent was proposed as the city's share in argument—so the city could rely on a predictable allocation rather than an annual grant process.…
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