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City attorney warns of state preemptions and urges council to weigh in on Colorado River draft EIS
Summary
Rodney Short briefed council on fast-moving state legislation that could reduce local revenues (rental and food-tax proposals, property tax measures) and urged the city to prepare a joint position for the Department of Interior's Colorado River draft EIS and public-comment process.
Rodney Short, deputy city attorney, told the Yuma City Council on Jan. 20 that the state legislature opened with an unusually high bill volume and several proposals could meaningfully reduce local revenues, particularly in non-metropolitan communities.
Short cited prior state preemptions that removed Yuma’s residential rental tax and recent bills that would eliminate sales tax on many food items. "HCR 2018 and House Bill 2839 would de facto eliminate the food tax," Short said, adding staff project roughly an $8 million hit to local revenues if those measures pass. He also identified…
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