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Council directs staff to prepare joint-powers proposal; general‑penny sales tax on 2028 ballot discussed
Summary
The council voted to direct staff to prepare discussion points for Teton County that include pursuing additional revenue (including placing a general penny of sales tax on the November 2028 ballot), temporarily revising JPA funding splits through FY2029, and using a third‑party facilitator to negotiate with the county.
Town Manager Tyler Sinclair told councilors the item was intended to step back from department-level details and consider a strategy for joint efforts with Teton County. Sinclair summarized the 2024 joint-funding memorandum of understanding (MOU) and said staff had three alternative approaches: continue department-by-department negotiations, pursue a general‑penny sales-tax strategy to grow shared revenue, or reexamine the purpose of joint efforts to align long-term goals.
Councilors spent the bulk of the workshop debating…
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