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Article: Creswell may vote on gas tax.(City/Region)(A public hearing on the proposed 3-cents-per-gallon street maintenance and repair fee is scheduled for July 7)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard
CRESWELL - Voters are likely find a city gas tax measure on their Nov. 4 general election ballots, the City Council decided Monday night.
Councilors unanimously directed the city staff to prepare a resolution for a 3-cents-per-gallon tax to fund street maintenance and repair. They also set a July 7 public hearing on the proposal.
If a tax were approved, Creswell would join Coburg, Cottage Grove, Eugene, Oakridge, Springfield and Veneta in charging a fuel tax to help cover maintenance and repair of city streets. Junction City voters last fall rejected a 5-cents-a-gallon gas tax proposal.
Creswell ...