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In an effort to collect community input for a potential tax measure, the Springfield City Council is forming a commission that will provide a recommendation to council members in time to put it to a vote in the November election.
On March 27, Mayor Ken McClure told reporters that the City Council will consider a resolution at its April 8 meeting that will create a “Citizens Commission on Community Investment.” The announcement came almost six months after the City Council first deliberated over a possible sales tax measure.
The commission — which will be made up of about 25 members representing “various interests” — would take up the torch of consideration of a proposed ¾-cent sales tax, to replace the expiring pension sales tax of the same value, and provide a recommendation to the City Council by June 30.
The City Council would then review the commission’s recommendations, and potentially vote on a sales tax measure ahead of the Aug. 27 deadline for it to make the November ballot.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
