On February 22, 2011 the City Council will hold a public listening session on the Special 1/2¢ Sales Tax. For citizens, this is an opportunity to present a project to City Council and allow Council to consider funding a request. Since the Special 1/2¢ Sales Tax went into effect five years ago, the City has completed projects totaling more than $14 million. These projects were selected through a series of public listening sessions with 1,400 citizens and a public hearing for City Council. Projects completed include the Harmon Park Activity Center, 39th Street, Peterson Senior Activity Center, Library expansion and renovation, sidewalk ADA improvements, gravel street paving program.
The City is currently identifying projects for the next five years of Special 1/2¢ Sales Tax funding. Listening sessions with 40 organizations or interest groups have been attended by elected officials and City staff, the Council meeting on February 22 is the culmination of this citizen input. If you have ideas that you would like included, or would like to more about proposed projects and the public input process, please email cityofkearney@kearneygov.org or call 308-233-3214. And if you can’t attend the City Council meeting, you can watch it live on cable channel 6 or recorded at http://www.cityofkearney.org/.
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