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Montgomery County information session lays out plan to keep one‑tenth of 1¢ education sales tax to cover health, safety and county obligations
Summary
At an information session Jan. 6, a county commissioner outlined a proposal for Montgomery County to retain one‑tenth of the current 1¢ sales-tax allocation earmarked for local public education to support health care (including planned funding for Jackson Hospital), public safety and infrastructure; commissioners asked staff to carry a related hospital‑funding oversight provision forward to the formal agenda.
At an information session of the Montgomery County Commission on Jan. 6, an extended presentation by the presiding commissioner proposed that the county retain one‑tenth of the 1¢ sales-tax currently allocated to public education to address mounting county obligations, including public health, public safety and infrastructure needs.
The speaker said the county now collects 2.5¢ in sales tax and that, historically, one cent of that 2.5¢ was allocated to public education. The commissioner said he had proposed earlier to cap that education allocation at 2022 levels but instead presented a compromise: the county would keep 1/10 of the one‑cent allocation and public education would retain 9/10. The commissioner said the change would reduce education receipts by about $4.5 million in the first year but, based on projected sales‑tax growth, would not force staff reductions in 2026.
Why it matters: the county is facing near‑term obligations —…
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