Council authorizes next steps for ballot measure.
Pedestrians are seen through shop windows on North Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos in this file photo. The Los Gatos Town Council on Tuesday approved placing a measure to increase the town’s sales tax by one-eighth cent on November’s ballot.
The council’s vote aligns with recommendations from the town’s finance commission, which recommended that the council only put the matter to the voters if it is presented as a specific tax – which needs two-thirds of the vote to pass – instead of a general tax which would need only a simple majority. A specific tax funds targeted budget items rather than going into the town’s general fund.
The council’s decision on May 21 authorizes an increase to the the town’s contract with NBS, which was previously not to exceed $44,600. The contract is now capped at $105,000, with the ballot measure costing roughly $60,000.NBS is set to return to the council in June with proposed language for the ballot measure.
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