City of Jonesboro: Five-Eighths Cent Sales and Use Tax for Public Safety
Jonesboro city, Arkansas
My vote power: High
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Safety and Crime Control
Jonesboro would add a city sales tax of five-eighths of a cent per dollar to pay for public safety, including police, fire and 911 dispatch. Shoppers in the city would pay it; one local paper estimated about $16 million a year.
Proposed by: Citizen petition by Safety First for Jonesboro
A ballot committee of local public safety workers that gathered voter signatures to put the tax on the ballot.
Source: kait8.com
A YES vote means
Jonesboro adds a 0.625% sales tax for public safety services and facilities.
A NO vote means
No new public safety sales tax is added.
Source: jonesbororightnow.com
Sources: kait8.com · jonesbororightnow.com · uaex.uada.edu