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Officials raise local-option tax, law-enforcement levy as funding priorities
Summary
Participants said they will meet legislators to pursue a local-option sales tax and options for dedicated law-enforcement funding, citing figures that show a large share of local property tax revenue going to a law-enforcement contract.
Participants used the meeting to preview a scheduled session with legislators and to frame two near-term priorities: pursuing authority for a local-option sales tax and exploring a dedicated funding source for law enforcement.
An unidentified participant (Speaker 7) said the county’s commerce along rail corridors makes a local-option tax attractive and suggested a 1–2% local-option sales tax could…
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