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Payson council debates cutting 1% sales tax; no final vote after heated exchange
Summary
Councilmembers debated a proposal to reduce the town's temporary 1% sales tax by 0.5 percentage points; members discussed project commitments, revenue projections and operating impacts, but the council did not adopt a reduction at the meeting.
Councilmembers on June 25 debated a proposal to reduce Payson's temporary 1% sales tax by 0.5 percentage points but took no final action before recessing to other business.
The discussion matters because the 1% tax was enacted after a bond vote and is being used in part for capital projects and maintenance; cutting it would alter available funding for those projects or require equivalent cuts elsewhere in the operating budget.
Councilmember Charlie Bell introduced the proposal, saying he wanted a vote on reducing the tax. "I'm…
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