Garden City Telegram
The expansion of the current .25% County General Purpose sales tax will be on the Aug. 3 ballot.
The Finney County Commission approved a resolution to include a question of whether or not voters approve of extending the .25% sales tax at the Commission s regular meeting Monday.
The sales tax began in 1997 and has been extended several times since, most recently in 2014.
The Commission previously discussed the extension at their March 15 meeting.
Robert Reece, Finney County Administrator, said revenue from the sales tax is used to offset the county s property tax mill levy.
About half of the sales tax revenue generated in Finney County comes from those who live outside of the county, Reece said. Just over $1 million is generated for the county with the sales tax, Garden City generates about the same and Holcomb generates about $85,000.