Martinsville adds 1% sales tax referendum for school construction to November’s ballot

Martinsville adds 1% sales tax referendum for school construction to November’s ballot

The Martinsville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to add a referendum to November’s ballot that would increase the sales tax by 1% to fund school improvement projects. The council, taking advantage of a new state law that went into effect July 1, became one if not the first locality in western Virginia to approve such a referendum since this month. City voters will decide if the sale tax should be increased during early voting this f…

School board endorses local sales tax for school construction - The Amelia Bulletin Monitor

In a last-minute item added to the agenda for its meeting on Monday (July 13), the Amelia County School Board passed a resolution calling on the board of supervisors to add a referendum to the Nov. 3 ballot. If passed, in January county businesses would begin charging an additional 1 percent sales tax on most goods. The new tax would be administered by the state and the revenue could only be used for school construction, major renovation project…