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Clear Creek County staff model tradeoffs between a 2% public‑safety sales tax and a 15‑mill property tax increase; grocery-store impacts flagged
Summary
County staff presented a revenue model showing a 2% public‑safety sales tax would raise roughly the same revenue as a 15‑mill property‑tax increase, but exemptions for groceries would cut projected sales-tax revenue and risk further pressure on local grocery retailers.
County staff presented a modeling analysis comparing a 2% public‑safety sales tax against a roughly equivalent 15‑mill property‑tax increase and outlined fiscal, equity and local‑market tradeoffs.
The staff presentation estimated Clear Creek County’s assessed value at about $33.338 billion and projected that a 2% countywide public‑safety sales tax would generate between roughly $5 million and $5.6 million annually if grocery purchases were included in the tax base. Staff said exempting groceries from the new 2% rate would reduce the revenue estimate (the presentation put the lower bound at about $4.25 million, with the precise figure dependent on consumer patterns and taxable share assumptions).
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