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Owensville mayor asks board to oppose state bills cutting municipal sales tax on food
Summary
Mayor Kevin McFadden asked the Board to write a letter to Senator Ben Brown opposing Senate Bill 1062 and Senate Bill 1252, saying the measures reducing municipal sales tax on food 'could hurt small municipalities' without fixing broader economic issues.
Mayor Kevin McFadden told the Board that he and the city administrator attended a Missouri Economic Development meeting and asked the Board to write a letter to Senator Ben Brown opposing Senate Bill 1062 and Senate Bill 1252. The bills, as described by the mayor, would reduce municipal sales tax revenue on food items; McFadden said such reductions "could hurt small municipalities and still not solve the problem with the economy." The Board did not record a formal vote on the letter at the March 17 meeting; the item was presented as a request for the Board's support.
McFadden also thanked Gasconade County Commissioner Ron Hardecke for facilitating the economic development meeting and said the Chamber of Commerce comedy night had raised funds for the school backpack program. The next step recorded in the minutes was the mayor's request that the Board sign a letter to Senator Ben Brown; no text of the letter or an explicit vote was recorded in the meeting minutes.
