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Council directs staff to draft ordinance for emergency services sales tax grant after oversight debate
Summary
After debate over council oversight and eligibility, staff were asked to advertise a five-member advisory board and return with an ordinance to run a grant using 5% of anticipated emergency services sales tax revenue (about $840,000 at current estimates for 2026).
Summit County Council members on Feb. 4 endorsed moving forward with a staff-led grant program funded from the emergency services sales tax, but not before a sustained debate over how much direct oversight the council should retain.
County staff told the council the FY26 budget includes a grant pool funded by the emergency services sales tax and that the county manager’s executive order would establish a five‑member advisory board to recommend awards. "We anticipate [2026 collections] would be about 16,000,000 in collections," a staff presenter said, adding that 5% of that…
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