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Cookeville council backs state-level request to restore local share of sales-tax proceeds
Cookeville City Council · December 2, 2025
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Summary
Council approved a resolution asking the state to return a larger share of sales-tax revenue to municipalities and to revisit the single-article sales-tax cap; staff estimated the combined change could generate roughly $1.2 million for the city annually.
Cookeville — The City Council unanimously approved Resolution R25-11-22 asking state lawmakers to restore a portion of the 1% sales-tax increment adopted in 2002 to municipalities and to reconsider the single-article sales-tax cap.
City official James Mills said the resolution asks the state to share 4.6% of the 1%…
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