Warren County supervisors debate cigarette tax; ordinance defeated after votes
Supervisors debated a proposed 40¢ per-pack local cigarette tax intended to diversify county revenue and fund nonrecurring capital work. After attempts to table, deny and adopt, the proposed ordinance failed following roll-call votes.
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The Warren County Board of Supervisors debated a proposed ordinance to add Article 24 to Chapter 160 of the Warren County Code to impose a local cigarette tax during its Aug. 20 meeting. County finance staff presented a revenue estimate of about $524,524.80 based on a 40¢ per-pack tax, a county population benchmark of roughly 40,000 and an average packs-per-resident factor used by peer localities.
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