Council hears first reading of proposed ordinance raising city sales tax by a half percent

 

 

by Janet Hansen

The Lisbon City Council, meeting on Monday evening, May 5, heard the first reading of a proposed ordinance which would add an additional one-half percent to the city’s sales tax. 

The council had earlier discussed adding the extra half-percent sales tax in order to help pay for the water, sewer, and street project which will be starting this month. Various options for funding the large infrastructure improvement project had been discussed. The council decided that by increasing the sales tax by a half percent and changing the distribution of the sales tax funds, they could keep the amount which would have to be either assessed to property owners or passed on as an additional user fee at a more manageable level.

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