Charlotte County Commission OKs asking voters to extend 1% sales tax by 20 years

PORT CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte County Commission unanimously OK’d pursuing a 20-year, 1% sales tax extension referendum question for voters in November.

Commissioners made the unanimous approval at a special board meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The expiring 2020 Sales Tax funding is projected to have made about $238.6 million when it ends this year. That extension was approved for six years…

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