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Residents of Mount Pleasant Township warn of double taxation if county sales tax passes
Summary
Mount Pleasant Township residents and a township road-district commissioner told the Cass County Commission they fear the proposed 0.25¢ sales tax could impose a new tax burden while the county continues to collect a share of special-district property-tax revenue.
Residents of Mount Pleasant Township urged the Cass County Commission to clarify how a proposed 0.25¢ county sales tax would affect special road districts and whether property-tax distributions would change. Scott Howe, who identified himself as a Mount Pleasant Township special road district commissioner, said the county currently "is taking a total of 21% of the property tax money from the district, 20% to the commission, 1% as a collector's fee," and asked whether that practice would continue or whether the district would receive some portion of any new sales-tax revenue.
Howe told the commission he and other unincorporated residents feel outnumbered and urged transparency on revenue flows and offsets before voting. Commissioners did not provide a detailed answer during the meeting; the question of whether property-tax allocations would change or sales-tax proceeds would be shared with the district remained unresolved in the record.
