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Survey: 70% of likely Timnath voters back 1.25% sales tax for recreation center; council to pursue ballot language
Summary
A public-opinion survey of registered-voter households found 70% support for a 1.25% sales-and-use tax to fund a Timnath recreation center; councilors directed staff to prepare proposed ballot language and to consider payoff language and tax sunset language.
A public-opinion survey commissioned by the town and presented at the July 22 council meeting found strong support among registered-voter households for a proposed Timnath recreation center funded by a 1.25% sales-and-use tax. Skyler White of Beyond Your Base reported 1,095 survey responses — roughly a 30% response rate of registered-voter households — with 70% of respondents saying they would vote “yes” on the funding proposal and 43% saying “definitely yes.”
The ballot-language draft shown to respondents described an increase of 1.25% to begin Jan. 1, 2026, generating an estimated $9,000,000 in the first…
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