Tag Archives: Sales Tax Referendum

White County officials have agreed to pay for a part-time worker at the county’s animal shelter starting in April. Volunteers from the shelter came to the county’s Steering Committee B meeting on Monday and requested that the county pay for the position from April to the end of June. Volunteer Monica Jicha said it would cost the county just over ... Read More »

White County Steering Committee A approved a plan Monday night to hold another public vote on the county’s sales tax. Steering Committee A Chair Derrick Hutchings said raising the county’s sales tax rate from 9.5 percent to 9.75 percent would make it the same rate as the city of Sparta. That would allow the county to collect half of the ... Read More »

White County polls will open Tuesday for the vote on the proposed sales tax referendum. County Executive Denny Wayne Robinson said the election comes after the town of Sparta increased its sales tax rate from the state’s 9.25 percent to 9.75 percent several years ago. He said the vote will allow county residents to decide if they want the sales ... Read More »

The White County Election Commission has set the date for county voters to decide on a sales tax rate increase. Election Administrator Dorcus Marcum said the referendum will be the sole item for the March 14th election. “The people have to approve it before they can increase the sales tax,” Marcum said. “It is a half of a percent before ... Read More »