5-cent Local Option Fuel Tax Ballot Referral
Summary
The Board declined to send a 5-cent gas tax to voters this November, worried it would fail alongside school and hospital referendums. Gas-tax money helps resurface roads — including aging subdivision streets like Greater Pines, where a resident said 30-year-old roads have never been repaved. Commissioners can still refer it later by supermajority vote or special election.
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Last discussed Jun 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
Would add roughly 5 cents per gallon at the pump if voters ever approve it; funds road resurfacing.
Motorists and residents of deteriorating subdivision roads if the tax is later approved.
Residents who wanted the road-funding question decided this November must wait.
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