Evans
Evans voters to decide on new uses for food tax revenue
The proposal would allow qualifying business incentives and upkeep of eligible city facilities and public improvements; each incentive would need separate City Council approval. The tax rate and covered purchases would not change, the city says.
Evans voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to authorize two additional uses for revenue from the city’s existing food sales tax, the City of Evans said.
The measure would allow food sales tax revenue to support performance-based economic development incentives intended to encourage qualifying business investment and development in Evans, the City of Evans said. Each incentive would require separate City Council consideration and approval, the City of Evans said. Revenue could also support qualifying operating, maintenance and repair expenses for eligible City facilities and public improvements, including parks, trails, streets, bridges and traffic-control infrastructure, the City of Evans said.
If voters approve Measure 2C, the two additional uses would become authorized, and City Council could consider expenditures in those categories, the City of Evans said. If voters reject the measure, the currently authorized uses would remain unchanged, the City of Evans said. Measure 2C does not propose a new tax, an increase in the existing food sales tax rate or a change to which purchases are subject to the tax, the City of Evans said. The rate and the purchases subject to it would remain unchanged regardless of the election outcome, the City of Evans said.
Previously authorized uses of the revenue, including eligible capital improvements and authorized police station expenditures, would remain in place, the City of Evans said. Revenue would remain restricted to voter-authorized purposes, with expenditures approved through the City Council’s public budgeting process, the City of Evans said.