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Springfield Will Vote On Two Local Tax Measures Come November

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Springfield residents will vote on two tax measures in November. One is a gas tax for street repairs. The other is a local tax on pot sales.

The Springfield City Council voted Monday in favor of putting both measures on the November 8th ballot. The 3 percent pot tax would be for recreational marijuana sold at city dispensaries. A 3 cent fuel tax would raise $1 million for road repairs.
Annette Spickard with Springfield Public Works says there is public support for fixing the city’s streets.
“We also had a survey earlier this year of 400 of our residents and that survey showed that folks understood that we had a repair issue and that it was important to them that the city address it.”
Spickard says the survey also showed a preference for a fuel tax over a property tax for street repairs. Revenue from the proposed 3 % pot tax would go to Springfield’s general fund.
Eugene City Councilors are also considering a similar local pot tax. They’ll decide at next week’s meeting.
 

Rachael McDonald is KLCC’s host for All Things Considered on weekday afternoons. She also is the editor of the KLCC Extra, the daily digital newspaper. Rachael has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She started out in public radio as a newsroom volunteer at KLCC in 2000.
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