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Summit County COG orders redraft of Transportation Sales Tax policy, seeks statutory prioritization in policy
Summary
Summit County—s Council of Governments reviewed a draft Transportation Sales Tax (TST) policy, debated scoring vs. prioritization, and unanimously directed staff to insert the statutory prioritization language into the policy and return a redlined draft at the next meeting.
Summit County Council of Governments members on Jan. 20 debated how to apply state statutory scoring to local transportation projects and voted to send the draft Transportation Sales Tax (TST) policies back to staff with specific statutory prioritization language.
County attorney David Thomas opened the discussion by reminding members that the COG is a voluntary interlocal body, created to build consensus on cross-jurisdictional issues. "When we talk about councils of governments, we're talking about a voluntary association of local governments," Thomas said, summarizing the COG—s role and voting rules.
County transportation staff described why the policy rewrite was needed. "We started a TST policy committee and identified the need for clearer policy direction, particularly on scope or cost changes and fund reallocation," said Ava…
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