Dwaine Heinrich

Jamestown  (CSi)  With the Jamestown City Council passing the Second Reading of the increase in City Sales Tax, Mayor Dwaine Heinrich said on a recent Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 that dollars generated from the increase, will be used to catch up on bringing the city’s budget deficit back in line.  The increase of the City Sales Tax is by one-half percent from two percent (2%) to two and one-half percent (2.5%)

He said the increase in funds will go into the 2020 budget, as the 2018 and 2019 budgets had deficient spending. He added that the dollars will also be used to address to build the city budget’s reserve fund, and pay toward the city’s share of Special Assessment payments.

The increase will become effective on January 1, 2020.