Town Hall meeting will address sales tax issue in Hartington

Oct. 7, 2020

HARTINGTON — Area residents will get a chance Monday at a Town Hall meeting to learn more about a proposed half-cent increase in the city sales tax.

The meeting is being hosted by the city and the Hartington Economic Development Corporation to explain why the city is putting a 1/2 cent increase to the city sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot.

The meeting is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m., at the Hartington City Auditorium. The session is designed to give local residents a chance to learn more about the current sales tax and the proposed 1/2 cent increase.

The half-cent increase will allow the city to replace worn out equipment, repair and replace aging infrastructure and keep up with the increasing expenses of running a city, without increasing the city’s tax levy, said Mayor Mark Becker.

Also, in a city like Hartington, a regional trade center, it allows Hartington to accrue extra tax dollars from out of the area, from people who come here to do their shopping or when visiting local busineses during visits to Hartington for games, tournaments, school and meetings or to just enjoy a cup of coffee and the new shops sprouting up in the downtown, Becker said.