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Sanger council calls May 2 special elections to create municipal development district, transfer half‑cent sales tax
Summary
The Sanger City Council unanimously approved two related ordinances to put a joint proposition on the May 2, 2026 ballot: to abolish the current Type A economic development sales tax and to create a municipal development district (MDD) that would capture a one‑half of one percent sales tax within the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, contingent on each other.
The Sanger City Council unanimously approved two related ordinances on Jan. 5 to place a joint proposition before voters on May 2, 2026 that would create a municipal development district and transfer the existing Type A economic development sales tax to that district.
City staff told council the ballot language would ask voters whether to abolish the 0.5 percent sales and use tax currently collected for the Sanger Industrial Development Corporation (Type A) contingent on establishing an MDD that would levy the same one‑half of…
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