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Bluffton ATAX committee debates scoring sheets and whether ATAX should fund museum operations
Summary
Committee members spent substantial meeting time debating three score-sheet options, how to quantify tourism draw, and whether operational support for museums and cultural facilities should be allowed under ATAX rules; members agreed to ask town council for policy guidance.
Committee members used much of the Nov. 19 meeting to revisit how they score ATAX applications and whether the advisory committee should recommend operational support for cultural facilities.
Members reviewed three proposed scoring-sheet formats — a simplified, weighted and a deduction-based version — and discussed bracketing awards by percentiles so the score would inform, but not mechanically determine, funding levels. One longtime member said the…
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