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Selma council weighs local sales‑tax options as Measure C faces expiration
Summary
City staff and consultant DKS laid out options if Fresno County’s Measure C revenues lapse in 2027: a city half‑cent transportation tax, a three‑quarter‑cent general “quality of life” tax, or waiting on November’s county results and polling. Council favored monitoring and polling before acting.
Selma City Council members on Feb. 3 heard a detailed briefing on options for replacing or supplementing county Measure C transportation revenue that is scheduled to expire April 1, 2027.
Kendall Flint, regional director of communications and strategic planning for DKS Associates, told the council the loss of Measure C money would remove about $1.7 million a year from Selma’s transportation budget. Flint said the countywide process is currently contested: “A separate citizens initiative by Transportation for All is being circulated, and there is a possible…
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