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Huntsville approves 0.20% local-option sales tax as part of plan to fund sheriff contract
Summary
The Town Council approved Ordinance 2024-11-7-B to add a 0.20% local-option sales and use tax (state approval required) to raise additional revenue for municipal needs, passing the measure 4-0.
Huntsville's Town Council voted 4-0 on Nov. 7 to adopt a 0.20 percent local-option sales and use tax (Ordinance 2024-11-7-B) and to submit the measure to the Utah State Tax Commission for implementation, as state law requires.
Clerk Beckki Endicott told the Council the tax had been used by other small towns and would require state approval before it could be collected. "There's no guarantee that the Utah State Tax Commission will approve this tax, but they will send it in anyway," Endicott said. Councilmember Bruce Ahlstrom moved to adopt the ordinance and Mayor Pro Tem Sandy Hunter seconded; the minutes record a 4-0 vote in favor.
Council members said the tax was one element of a broader effort to increase local revenue after Weber County notified contract cities of higher sheriff contract bills. The ordinance text (Attachment #5) follows state template language, including the point-of-sale rules and how revenues would be appropriated to the town's General Fund.
