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Council sends 0.4% sales-tax question to November ballot to fund fire, EMS and street repairs
Summary
Westminster City Council voted 6-1 to place a 0.4% sales and use tax question on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot to hire firefighters, build and modernize fire stations and provide a minimum of $2 million a year for neighborhood streets; City Manager Jody Andrews and councilors outlined specific uses and an auditable reporting commitment.
Westminster City Council voted 6-1 on Aug. 25 to place a 0.4% sales and use tax question before voters at the Nov. 4, 2025 coordinated election to reduce emergency medical and fire response times, maintain emergency services citywide, construct a new fire station, rebuild an aged fire station, and improve neighborhood streets.
City Manager Jody Andrews told council the ballot language lists four specific uses: “Reduce response time and maintain emergency services citywide by hiring a minimum of 30 firefighters, emergency medical, and support personnel, including personnel for new stations in North and Central Westminster; construct and operate a new fire station in Central…
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