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Westminster staff present draft ballot language for public safety and roads; council asks clarifying edits
Summary
Staff briefed council on draft ballot language for a proposed sales tax increase ("moving to 0.4%"), reviewed by bond counsel and polling consultants; councilors asked edits to clarify response-time language, whether county sales-tax totals should be presented and the ordering of bullets.
City staff presented a draft of proposed ballot language Aug. 4 that would fund firefighter and emergency medical staffing, new fire stations and pavement work and asked council for feedback before returning the language for formal action later in August.
A staff member told the council the draft language has been reviewed by city attorneys, bond counsel and the polling consultants Magellan Strategies and said the draft moves the proposed tax “to 0.4%.” The draft includes a goal to “hire a minimum of…
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