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Essex Junction may ask voters to fund a social-service grant program with a 1¢ tax
Summary
Staff proposed a ballot question asking whether residents would like the city to establish a social-service grants program funded by a one-cent local tax, modeled on the Town of Essex's program; the measure would create a dedicated revenue stream if approved by voters.
City Manager Regina Mahoney said a ballot question would ask voters whether the city should create a social-service grant program and fund it with a one-cent tax. "This question will be a question to voters asking if they would like to set up such a program, and if so, would they like to fund it with a 1¢ tax to support that granting effort?" she said.
Mahoney said the idea would model the process the Town of Essex uses today and restore a city-level program that existed when the area was governed as a village within the town. If voters approve the question, the city would establish the program and a local funding mechanism.
