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A vehicle fuel tax adopted by the City of Watseka will begin July 1. The city adopted Ordinance 2611 at its May meeting and has discussion on the matter a couple of times since then. Most recently at the June meeting, a letter from Watseka businessman Terry Pence, president of Pence Oil Company, was read into the minutes. Pence was also present at the meeting and voiced his concerns about the new tax. Watseka officials have noted that they need money to help pay for road repairs and maintenance in the city. Penceâs letter reads in part, âRecently you passed an ordinance to tax motor fuel $.05 per gallon. When I talked to the Mayor and a few of the aldermen about this I felt that there was no research done prior to passing the ordinance; no idea how much would be generated or even how much Motor Fuel Tax we were getting presently. ....
The Watseka City Council will investigate the possibility of adding a gas tax. Alderman Dennis Cahoe said at last weekâs finance committee meeting that the cityâs roads are in need of work and this would be a way to establish some funds to do that. Cahoe said at the time that raising property taxes is not a good idea. He also said that if anyone else has ideas on how to get some of the projects funded the council will be happy to listen. On April 27 Cahoe said, âLast finance meeting we talked about this gas tax as a way to possibly finance street repairs. I think all of us agree thereâs plenty of work to be done on streets. Since I didnât have all the answers to questions you might have, Iâve asked Mr. (city attorney Joe) Cainkar to speak.â ....