IROQUOIS COUNTY BOARD PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TAX
> Iroquois County citizens are paying for public safety in Champaign and Vermilion counties; also in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. If you shop and dine-out when visiting the neighboring counties, you’re helping to support public safety there. Perhaps–reason why local citizens should support such a public safety tax here in Iroquois County.
Tuesday, the Iroquois County Board pledged support for a one-half cent retail sales tax that’s expected to generate more than one-million dollars to help keep sheriff’s deputies on the road for patrol duties. It’s pointed out, this is not a property tax. Taxable items are limited. And the tax is so minute, you’re half-cent on the dollar won’t even be noticed. Visitors to Iroquois County will also be supporting the tax — that finds the money going to maintain county law enforcement patrols.
The County Board is fronting $25-hundred dollars for publicity brochures to educate the public about the public safety tax.
The one-half cent tax applies to all people who purchase goods and eat in the county. But it excludes all licensed vehicles, automobiles, farm implements, prescription and non-prescription medicines and groceries.
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