Fallout From One Tax Election
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The day after Carroll County voters rejected
a tax increase, County Judge Ed Robertson said he`ll ask the quorum
court to close the courthouses in Berryville and Eureka Springs on
Fridays next year to reduce expenses.
Robertson`s plan would possibly mean layoffs or pay cuts as
county officials try to address the county`s budget crisis.
Nearly 65 percent who cast ballots Tuesday voted against the one
cent sales tax increase. The tax proceeds would have provided about
one-point-six (m) million dollars annually for the county`s general
fund.
Without the revenues, Robertson says, the county should consider
reducing expenses by going to a four-day work week for government
offices. Under his plan, the sheriff`s office would still be open
on Fridays, however.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
