Leary residents go to the polls for .5% tax increase in May

In the upcoming May election, the City of Leary will have on the ballot for its voters a proposed 1-½ percent sales and use tax for goods sold in the city limits.

While that is legally and technically what it says on the ballot, city leaders would like to clarify that its voters are actually only being asked to approve a half of one percent increase.

Leary City Administrator Randy Mansfield told the Tribune last week, “The ballot wording is required to show the total amount of tax to be collected after the election if the measure is approved by the voters, which will be 1.5% total. However we currently have in effect a 1% sales and use tax in the city. We are asking the voters to approve an additional 0.5%.