Measures for half -sent sales will progress in front of voters in Toson in March.
Toson, Arizona- (KVOA) In March this year, voters in Touson will determine the proposition 414.
To support the various problems of the Touson City, it is a half -sent sales tax to secure $ 800 million in 10 years and $ 80 million a year.
Proposal 414 or safe and lively cities are classified into five areas.
-Fastless ponder capital improvement
-Incise emergency response
-Affordely priced houses and shelters
-Obreviated and community resilience
-In improvement of technology
The proposal 414 is supported by the mayor of Touson and the city council. It is also supported by the Touson Firefighter Association and the Touson Police Association. However, some business organizations oppose proposal 414, including the South Arizona Leadership Council.
“The last thing we want to do is to take the community, but with this half -cent sales tax, the amount of compensation seen by the city from the appropriate funding of the police station is a monument,” TPOA Chairman Darrell. Hasman said.
More than 60 % of the funds attached to the proposal 414 will be sent to public safety, including new and more secure equipment for police officers and firefighters. Both unions argue that the money generated by this measure will help to increase the level of staffing in each department.
“For the next ten years, it will not only serve the community well, but will also survive as a police station,” Hasman said.
However, the proposal 414 has raised the total sales tax of Touson City to 9.2 %.
“9.2 % will be the highest urban sales tax among the nine largest cities in Arizona,” said Ted Maxwell, chairman of the Leadership Council in southern Arizona.
“We support the police and fire departments and support the police and public safety,” said Maxwell. “We want this to be a safer city, but it will make us outstanding with the best sales tax and the highest poverty. I don’t go together. “
The increase in sales taxes for the proposal under the proposal 414 could create Touson’s $ 80 million a year in the next 10 years, and most of the funds were allocated to police, fire and emergency services.
Sergeant. Hussman believes that Prop 414 is a way to provide the best service for the community in the next 10 years.
“When they need us, when they need us, they are not usually joyful, not problems, problems, or dangers, so when they need us I want to give our community members the safest and best results. “
“The city’s budget is $ 2.4 billion,” said Maxwell. “If you do not give priority to the budget, the next step is to return to another sales tax.”
