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Residents urge quarter-cent sales tax authority and restoration of county service bonus during public comment
Summary
At the Aug. 4 Alamance County commissioners meeting two residents urged the board to support a sales tax referendum that would keep more revenue in the county and asked the board to restore a service bonus for long‑service county employees.
Two residents used the public comment period at the Aug. 4 Alamance County commissioners meeting to press the board on two separate issues: a question about how small fractions of sales tax are handled and a request to restore a merit-based service bonus for county employees.
Stewart Smith told commissioners he had recently purchased items and found a rounded sales-tax calculation that raised questions about where fractional cents go. Smith said he contacted the North Carolina Department of Revenue sales-and-use tax…
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