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Black Hawk County engineer: Nov. 4 ballot would let existing sales-tax money pay for road maintenance and shop work
Summary
County Engineer Kathy Nicholas said a November ballot measure would change the wording of an existing local option sales tax so funds can be used for road maintenance and county shop renovations or new construction without changing the tax rate or the department—s share.
Kathy Nicholas, County Engineer for Black Hawk County, said voters in unincorporated parts of the county will see a Nov. 4 ballot measure that would change the wording of an existing local option sales tax to permit use of funds for road maintenance and county shop projects.
Nicholas said the proposal "does not change the amount of the tax collected or the percentage our department receives. It simply expands the allowed use of existing funds." She described the county—s maintenance operations, noting the main maintenance campus was built in 1959 and staff maintain county bridges and roads across rural Black Hawk County, including nine motor-grader districts and 16 snowplow routes.
The county currently splits revenue from the local option sales tax between property tax relief and road and bridge construction, Nicholas said. The measure would expand allowable uses to include maintenance of roads, not only construction, and would allow funds to be used for renovations or new construction of county shop facilities.
Nicholas urged residents with questions to attend one of the community meetings scheduled this month, to visit the county website, or to call the county engineer—s office for more information.
No vote or formal action on the measure was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; the remarks are an informational presentation about the upcoming ballot measure.
