Athens sets economic development tax election | News
The Athens City Council, Monday, by a 3 to 2 vote, called an election on whether to redistribute a portion of the sales tax that funds the Athens Economic Development Corporation.
As part of the May 7 municipal election, the public will decide whether the one-half cent sales tax collected for the AEDC will be cut by 50%.
Mayor Toni Clay and Councilman Aaron Smith voted against the item. Both said placing the eighth cent into the general fund for economic projects could be beneficial, but did not favor giving property tax relief at the expense of AEDC funding.
“This council has lowered property tax for the last three years and the way things are going, we may well be able to do that again, but I’d like to do that in the regular budget,” Clay said.
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