A payroll tax for the City of Murray will be up for a vote once again on July 27th.
A mayor’s committee discussed Wednesday night a plan to implement the tax and eliminate city stickers. The committee also proposed cutting property, insurance, vehicle and motorcraft and ‘tangible’ taxes.
Committee chair Dan Miller said a payroll tax will bring in more revenue than city stickers and will be easier to enforce.
Addressing payroll tax concerns, Miller said workers benefit from Murray city services. “There are a lot of expenses that folks that live outside the city cost the city of Murray that they aren’t really paying for, except the $50 city sticker, which is not enough,” he said.
Miller said the tax will bring in $4.4 million dollars a year, compared to the one million from city stickers. He says excess revenue will go towards road maintenance and increasing pay for city police. He said the city police department loses good police officers because the city cannot afford to give them pay raises.
A change.org petition aimed at stopping the payroll tax has more than 2,400 signatures.
