Tax Measure Passes Easily

Preliminary Results:

Yes 497 (71%)

No 203 (29%)

DAYTON – Voters in the city of Dayton overwhelmingly approved a measure Tuesday that will increase the sales tax rate in the city from 8.1% to 8.3%. More than 70 percent of voters said yes to the measure. Turnout was just under 45 percent.

In December, the Dayton City Council approved putting the measure before voters. With its passage, the City expects to collect approximately $69,000 per year in additional revenues due to the increase.

Dayton will now form a Transportation Benefit District, which will receive the new tax funds. The money can only be used for transportation projects, such as street and sidewalk repair. The boundaries of the new district will be the same as the Dayton city limits.

The new funds are only a small amount of the total cost of projects the city hopes to accomplish in the next year. But they can be used as matching funds for state and federal grants, or to pay off construction bonds.