
By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
After meeting yesterday afternoon, the St. Joseph City Council has done away with the Krug Park project proposal and instead is proposing a half-cent sales tax for the St. Joseph park system.
City Council Member Madison Davis says the overall goal is to invest in all of the St. Joseph parks.
“The Krug Park project in particular kind of made everybody pause and think about the entire city,” Davis tells St. Joseph Post. “Not just myself, not just the council, everybody in the city.”
City Council Member Madison Davis says the goal is to invest in the entire city of St. Joseph.
“I think it’s something that many people will say ‘yes,’” says Davis. “I think it’s something that many people will say ‘it’s something we certainly need,’ I think it’s something that is a small investment in our city where we can see a large impact.”
City Council Member Madison Davis says citizens will have the opportunity to approve specific projects.
“We want to be very specific and we want to target several projects that can be done throughout the entire city, so that citizens can identify those as thing they will see as an impact as a result of their approval of a half-cent sales tax increase,” says Davis.
Davis says the half-cent sales tax will have a 10-year sunset clause and over the 10-year period, it will generate 50 to 60 million dollars.
The council takes the proposal to a vote next week. If the council gives the tax proposal preliminary approval, the proposal is set to be on the August 3rd ballot.