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Severance council discusses putting lodging tax and transportation tax on November ballot
Summary
Council debated drafting and timing of November ballot measures including a lodging tax and a proposed sales‑tax measure intended to replace a transportation utility fee; members raised TABOR constraints, messaging, certification deadlines and promotion strategy.
Severance council members spent a substantial portion of their June 10 work session reviewing options for measures on the November ballot, including a lodging tax, a rewritten transportation sales‑tax intended to replace the monthly transportation utility fee on utility bills, and potential recreational tax language.
Town Manager Wharton told council the measures must be certified to the county by roughly August and that staff had prepared sample ballot language. Members…
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