Citing a lack of time to reach out to the public and disagreement among commissioners on the size of a potential sales tax, the Ellis County Commission voted against a quarter-cent sales tax proposed at Monday’s meeting. They will also wait to put a countywide sales tax up for vote.
At last week’s meeting, the commission tabled the discussion on a proposed sales tax designed to help close a budget gap in the coming years. But at Monday’s meeting, Commission Chairman Dean Haselhorst said there isn’t enough time to reach out to the public.
“I’ll just be very up front and tell you both, I don’t think we have enough time to put it on a ballot in November,” Haselhorst told fellow commissioners. “I don’t feel that we have enough time to get everything put together, go out and educate the public on what our needs are. … I think we need to sit back and look at this as the budget progresses forward.”
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