County sales tax to hold steady

 Supervisors May 10 2023

County sales tax to hold steady

By PETE KLEIN

LAKE PLEASANT—The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors met in Special Session on May 10 for the sole purpose of passing a resolution to continue the county sales tax rate at 4%.

The resolution reads as follows.

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL #S.6595 AND ASSEMBLY BILL #A.6712 – CONTINUATION OF HAMILTON COUNTY’S CURRENT SALES TAX RATE 

WHEREAS the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors requested a continuation of the 1% additional sales tax for Hamilton County, and 

WHEREAS Senate bill #S.6595 was introduced, as was Assembly bill A.6712, to provide the Home Rule authority for Hamilton County to continue the County Sales Tax rate at 4%, now, therefore, be it 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to Article IX of the Constitution, the County of Hamilton requests the enactment of Senate bill # S.6595 and Assembly bill #A.6712 entitled “An Act to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the authorization of the County of Hamilton to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes”, and also be it 

RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized to execute all the necessary documents to enable this enactment, and be it further 

RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to Senator Mark Walczyk and Assemblyman Robert Smullen.