Politics & Government

Sales Tax Ballot Measure on Tap at Tonight's Special City Council Meeting

Healdsburg City Council meets at 7 p.m. on budget, sales tax.

 

Healdsburg will juxtapose business with pleasure tonight as City Council will deliberate on weighty finance issues just as salsa music at the is hitting its stride in the second set.

A special City Council meeting has been set for 7 p.m. -- an hour later than usual -- to discuss several departmental budgets and also whether to place a

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City Manager Marjie Pettus said she had no definite word on what time the sales tax discussion would come up.

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If the measure is placed on the November ballot and is approved by voters, it would raise Healdsburg's sales tax from its current 8 percent to 8.5 percent.

Healdsburg is and has been looking for ways to fill the gap left from increasing and

In addition, the city is in contract negotiations with both police and firefighters' unions.

A meeting last month on left many residents dissatisfied with that revenue-generating solution.

The

The general fund is the chief source of budget revenue for both police and fire departments.

The on June 25.


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