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Boone County Board votes to remove sales tax sunset clause - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

 

  • BELVIDERE — Boone County residents probably thought the 0.5 percent public safety sales tax they have been paying since 2000 would be history come 2018.

    • By Chris Green
      Rockford Register Star

      Posted Mar. 19, 2015 at 9:56 PM
      Updated at 8:18 AM

      Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the board on which Cathy Ward served. She was a 12-year member of the Boone County Board.
      BELVIDERE — Boone County residents probably thought the 0.5 percent public safety sales tax they have been paying since 2000 would be history come 2018.
      After all, that's what was promised in 1999, when proponents gathered public support for the tax as a means to pay off construction bonds for a $9.3 million jail expansion.
      However, the Boone County Board voted 8-4 Wednesday to remove the 2018 sunset clause by striking a sentence in a 2011 ordinance: "The bond payment will be satisfied in the year 2018, and at such time the County Board hereby pledges to repeal the public safety tax."
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