Voters will be asked for $28 a month for two years to fund road improvements in a plan approved by the city council Monday, Oct. 26.
In an in-person meeting at the Piedmont Area Veterans Center Monday, council members voted unanimously to propose the tax that would generate money for better roads.
Councilman Kevan Blasdel asked that everyone, including those age 65 and older pay for the tax, and that those older adults should not be exempt. The council voted unanimously not to make those 65 and older exempt from the tax.
Blasdel said he thought everyone should be taxed. The previous proposal called for an exemption for older adults.
“I don’t think that’s fair,” Blasdel said. “I think people throughout the city have problems paying this and the younger people have just as much trouble as the older people.”
If voters approve, the tax on utility bills would generate about $1.5 million for road improvements.
Mayor Kurt Mayabb said the time has come to repair roads, so people do not have to worry about a call in the middle of the night about a wreck on the city’s roads.
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