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Council approves splitting liquor ballot question into three separate measures, moving to add 1%
Summary
Councilperson Navarro moved and the council unanimously agreed to add 1% to liquor on the non-property tax ballot and to draft three separate ballot questions so voters can approve each measure individually.
The council approved a motion to add 1% to liquor on the non-property tax ballot and to prepare the proposal as three separate ballot questions so voters can vote for each option independently. Councilperson Leah Navarro made the motion and Councilperson Jeanie Avery seconded; Mayor Vicky Lyon announced the vote as unanimous.
The meeting record states: "Councilperson Navarro made a motion to increase the liquor to 3 and then prepare the ballot question into three separate ballot questions so they can vote yay or nay on each one." The agenda listed this as an action item; the transcript provides no further detail about the underlying rate structure beyond the council's wording nor any public comment recorded on the question during the special meeting.
