Lake Sherwood district makes pitch to Senate for special sales tax

Trustees of the Lake Sherwood residential development southwest of Topeka sought permission Tuesday from the Kansas Senate for a public vote on a sales tax increase of no more than 1% to finance maintenance work on the housing district’s roads and drainage systems. Nearly all revenue from the special sales tax for the Sherwood improvement district would be generated at a Dillons grocery store, said Doug Mays, treasurer of the development’s board of trustees.