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Fort Smith board orders special election on sales-tax reauthorization to fund sewer work under consent decree
Summary
The Fort Smith City Board of Directors voted unanimously May 6 to place a sales and use tax reauthorization/reallocation measure on a special election ballot to fund sewer system work tied to the federal consent decree; supporters said the plan avoids new tax rates and sewer-rate hikes while opponents had urged fiscal restraint.
The Fort Smith City Board of Directors voted 7-0 on May 6 to direct a special election that will ask voters to realign and reauthorize available city sales and use taxes to fund long-term sewer system work connected to the city's federal consent decree.
Why it matters: The ballot measure would allow the city to use existing sales-tax dollars for bond-financed construction or other funding approaches to accelerate sewer repairs required by the consent decree. City officials and citizens argued the measure would avoid a large…
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