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Box Elder presentation urges redirecting contractor excise tax to repair roads damaged by Ellsworth AFB construction
Summary
Rob Timm, representing an Ellsworth excise tax coalition, told the Box Elder City Council the group is drafting state legislation to set aside a portion of contractor excise tax revenue to create a grant fund estimated at about $8 million for local roadway repairs tied to Ellsworth Air Force Base construction.
Rob Timm, government affairs director for the Ellsworth excise tax coalition, told the Box Elder City Council on Jan. 6 that the coalition is preparing draft legislation to divert a share of the state's contractor excise tax into a time-limited grant fund to repair roadways damaged by construction at Ellsworth Air Force Base. "We're looking for about $8,000,000," Timm said during a presentation to council members and staff.
The coalition frames the proposal as a targeted redirection of existing revenue rather than a new tax. Timm said roughly $1.4 billion in construction work is under way at Ellsworth and that as much as $2 billion is expected, noting that the National Defense Authorization Act…
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