Town halls will be held in Hedley and Howardwick next week to discuss the proposed sales tax-funded county assistance districts in those cities as well as the Clarendon CISD bond election.
The Howardwick meeting will be held at City Hall on Tuesday, April 16, at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served, and county officials will discuss the County Assistance District proposal first, followed by CCISD officials discussing the $11.7 million bond election.
The Hedley meeting will be on Thursday, April 18, at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
Sheriff Butch Blackburn and Judge Howard will both be present to answer questions regarding the May 4 election to create three County Assistance Districts in the City of Howardwick, the City of Hedley, and all of unincorporated Donley County outside of Howardwick, Hedley and Clarendon.
The districts, if created by election, will authorize a sales tax of 1.0 percent in Howardwick and Hedley and 2.0 percent in unincorporated Donley County.
Howard says the sales tax created will be used for support of law enforcement and allow the county to keep property taxes lower.
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