Jerry Cleworth and June Rogers defeated their challengers in the race for Fairbanks City Council while North Pole Mayor Mike Welch clinched a reelection.
The North Pole City Council has taken the first step toward collecting online sales taxes.
The North Pole City Council has taken the first step toward collecting online sales taxes. The council voted unanimously Tuesday to advance an ordinance that would enable the city to collect its 5-and-a-half percent sales taxes on goods and services bought from non-local sellers.
Mayor Mike Welch says the tax would be fair because it would treat out-of-town businesses like the locals, which are collecting the sales tax.
“It levels the playing field for the people who have the traditional brick and mortar store, because they are taxed,” he said.