The battle over a proposed property tax cut is heating up less than a week before the vote is set to be taken, which could lock in the reduction.
Council member Jimmy Peluso (D-District 7) is making a final push to sway some of his colleagues on the proposed $13 million property tax cut, arguing the loss of funds could come at a big cost to local roads.
Busting out a list of more than 580 road resurfacing projects in the queue, Peluso noted the $22.5 million currently in the budget will only cover about 68 projects over the next year.
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He argued that the number could almost be doubled if the council took the money that would otherwise be lost due to the tax cut and put it towards road projects…