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Green Mountain Falls trustees approve placing sales-tax increase on ballot for capital improvements
Summary
Mayor Todd Dixon moved to place a sales-tax increase on the ballot to fund the town's Capital Improvement Fund; minutes record an initial 0.05% proposal that the mayor amended to "half a percent" for four years, and trustees approved the measure.
Mayor Todd Dixon moved to put a sales-tax increase on the ballot for four years to fund the town's Capital Improvement Fund; Trustee Brandy Moralez seconded and the motion carried unanimously among those present. The minutes record an initial proposal of 0.05% that Mayor Dixon subsequently modified to "half a percent" for four years, with priority funding identified for the former marshal's office and other items on the capital improvement plan.
The change will appear on the town ballot as approved by the Board of Trustees, subject to the election process and any further clerical requirements. The trustees did not discuss or record alternate revenue scenarios during the meeting. Town Manager Caleb Patterson did not provide a financial estimate for projected revenue from the proposed tax increase during the session.
Mayor Dixon introduced the motion and indicated the priority uses for the funds would include the old marshal's office and other capital-plan projects. Trustee John Bell and Trustee Brandy Moralez seconded and supported the motion; the board's minutes record the vote as "all was in favor." The minutes list Trustees Todd Dixon (mayor), John Bell and Brandy Moralez as voting yes; Trustees Sunde King and Sean Ives are recorded as absent.
The minutes contain two different numeric descriptions of the proposal: an initial figure of 0.05% and, later in the same motion, an amendment described as "half a percent." The minutes do not record a separate roll-call tally beyond the description that the motion carried. The board did not provide a staff estimate of expected revenue or a timeline for how quickly the funds would be allocated after certification of results.
Next steps: the ballot question will be placed on the town ballot as approved at the April 7 meeting; the board did not set an implementation schedule in the minutes. Any final rate and ballot language will be subject to the town clerk's administrative steps before printing and distribution.
