BELLEAIR â Money for local sidewalk repair and other improvements has increasingly become harder to come by, so the Belleair Town Commission has decided to join other municipalities to do something about it.
The Town Commission, which hopes to continue improving crosswalks and other infrastructure, voted 5-0 to join other towns in asking the Pinellas County Commission to maintain the way it disburses the Local Option Fuel Tax, which helps pay for town improvements.
The county keeps 60% and apportions the rest to the countyâs municipalities. Belleair, which receives .23% of the tax from the county, also backs the countyâs plan to raise the fuel tax.