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Finance director outlines local option sales tax as one way to boost Claiborne County revenue
Summary
Finance Director Pearson told the commission increasing the local option sales tax is an available option to raise revenue and warned that school budget increases could trigger higher county maintenance-of-effort obligations.
During new business for the January agenda carried into the Feb. 20 meeting, Finance Director Pearson reviewed recent sales-tax revenue trends for Claiborne County and explained the process and implications of increasing the local option sales tax percentage as a revenue option.
Pearson told commissioners that a potential increase in the school budget may require the county to meet a higher maintenance-of-effort level for school funding. He described the local option sales tax as one of the available mechanisms the county could consider to generate additional revenues, and outlined that the county would need to follow statutory procedures to change the percentage.
No formal motion to change the local option sales tax was made at the meeting; the topic was presented for discussion as part of the county mayor and finance updates. Commissioners discussed budget pressures and the need to balance school funding obligations with county services.
