[Durham INC] 1/4 Cent Sales Tax increase

[Ed Harrison]

The County Commissioners have a resolution on Monday night's agenda to  
designate use of the 1/4 sales tax for educational purposes, with  
specific percentages assigned to different uses.

They are doing this less promptly than the Orange County Commissioners  
(who did so in late Spring, at the same time that they formally  
declined to hold a transit referendum), but still in good time for the  
November 8 election.

If you would like to thank Commissioners for this, I recommend  
starting with Ellen Reckhow.

The resolution, along with the County Manager's brief discussion,  is  
attached (a small PDF file).

Ed Harrison

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On Sep 24, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Richard Ford wrote:

> Thanks to the proposed resolution sent this morning, this is the  
> first time I realized that the funds raised by the 1/4 cent increase  
> are not dedicated to education.
>
> Is this correct?? Does anyone know why this was not done?
>
> The 1/2 cent tax is dedicated in the question itself to be used for  
> transit.
>
> In Orange County a 1/4 cent tax increase is on the ballot for  
> education and economic development.  The Commissioners there passed  
> a ten year resolution dedicating the funds.
>
> Money being infinitely fungible, the absence of a binding dedication  
> is a negative, especially compared to the transit tax and to Orange  
> County.
>
> There may be a dedication that I could not find. I would like to be  
> able to explain this to my Board. Perhaps it will be covered Tuesday  
> night.
>
> Dick Ford
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