JC Fire Department sales tax moved to full council

Friday, March 9, 2012

After a full presentation on the Jefferson City Fire Department improvement plan, a proposal for a new sales tax to fund the department has been moved to the full City Council for review.

At a special Public Safety Committee meeting Thursday, department officials presented a detailed look at the improvement plan, which includes a 17 percent reduction to property taxes as it looks to switch to the dedicated one-fourth-cent sales tax.

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If a sales tax is passed, the department would no longer receive funding from the five-year capital improvement sales tax, starting with sales tax G, which would allow more public safety funds from the tax to go to law enforcement.

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JCsleeper 1 year, 2 months ago

Full article states that a $24.98 yearly reduction in property taxes. This is a 17% reduction ? Clarification?

online_editor 1 year, 2 months ago

That would be for that taxing entity only. No relationship to the other governments on your property tax bill.

JCLifer 1 year, 2 months ago

The sad thing is that we taxpayers have to pay for all these elections that they keep pushing on us. If they would just listen and pay attention, they wounldn't have to have all these elections for us to keep shutting them down.

sickandtired 1 year, 2 months ago

alright another way for them to get money out of the county residents for a service we do not use.

JCsleeper 1 year, 2 months ago

Average household property tax is currently $24.98 which would be eliminated by the sales tax that would bring in $29.00, not to mention sales taxes levied on consumers from outside of JC. Sounds like a tax increase and a windfall. Then, there is this trust issue after JC levied a short-lived property tax for ambulance service that Cole County assumed with its sales tax. The $850,000 was kept by JC for 'Public Safety' and was never returned to its rightful owners.

JCLifer 1 year, 2 months ago

So, what benefits are the citizens supposed to be getting from this new tax?

rodinman 1 year, 2 months ago

Citizens? Citizens? Who cares about the &(^^% citizens.

hudson 1 year, 2 months ago

NO !

TIFandTAP 1 year, 2 months ago

Does Jefferson City, MO want to be known as the city that let's someone else pay their bills?

As a county citizen I am appalled that a CITY SALES TAX would be enacted to pay for a sole CITY benefit. They are going to sell this Sales Tax to their contingents’ by reducing property tax 17 per-cent.

The thing for me is the only time that I can imagine that I would ever need the city fire department is if my car would catch on fire or if my local store I visit caught on fire. In the case of the car, I am sure I would be charged appropriately.

What in the world are the city's Father's and Mother's thinking? Of course I know this is the national norm, have SOMEONE ELSE pay your bills. The gall to think that conservative Jefferson City would resort to this sickens me. Now I would understand if this city benefit was for roads and street improvements. We visiting citizenry do use those things every day as we make our way to the local discount store. I will tell you now; if the sales tax get's too high I live where I can drive to other towns/cities for groceries and things. Is that what the city wants?

Does Jefferson City, MO want to be known as the city that let's someone else pay their bills? Will the stores be happy when their shopping dollars have gone some where else?

countyfactor 1 year, 2 months ago

Tifandtap you guys just don't get it, if you come into Jefferson City and have a heart attack or stroke or fall when you are shopping here who do you think comes and gives you care its not your county fire dept. it is the J.C. Fire dept. I am so tired of hearing you guys whine and whine about paying for something just because you may not use it. I would rather pay lower property taxes and have every one who shops pay a little extra in sales taxes to help cover the cost of free loaders. As far as going to shop some where else go ahead and spend more in gas than you would with a1/4 cent sales tax, that makes a lot of sense. I am so tired of my fellow county residents being type castes as freeloaders wanting everything for nothing.

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