Quarter Percent Sales Tax
For the past 3 years, the City has funded the majority of its street maintenance program through the City's 1/4 cent sales tax for streets, originally approved by the voters in November 2002. In November 2006, it will be time for voters to decide if they want to continue the sales tax for street improvements.
Since April 2003, over $3.4 million in sales tax has been collected and the City used the money to:
•Improve 21 streets
•Purchase street maintenance equipment for $157,000
•Implement a Pavement Management Information System, which captures pavement conditions for all City streets and prioritizes street maintenance projects, based upon pavement conditions and available funding.
The City has budgeted to improve 12 more streets during the current fiscal year using the tax.
Texas law requires a vote every four years to keep the tax in place, therefore on November 7, Georgetown voters will vote whether to renew the 1/4 cent sales tax for street maintenance for existing streets.
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