Council approves joint public agency
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By DEENA WINTER / Lincoln Journal Star
The Lincoln City Council voted Monday to create a joint public agency with Lancaster County. The JPA would have taxing authority, and would use the money to secure right-of-way for an east beltway and fund the Rural to Urban Transportation Streets program. The RUTS program would help the county build roads in a way that would make them easily converted to city road standards as the city grows to encompass them.
The City Council and County Board have informally discussed expanding the city’s wheel tax to the rest of Lancaster County or charging a countywide property tax to fund RUTS.
The council did not vote on a financing mechanism, however. That and other details will be worked out later, presumably after the County Board approves forming a JPA next week and the secretary of state issues a certificate of creation.
The prospect of increased taxes wasn’t enough to bring anybody out to the public hearing, however. The council vote was unanimous.
Reach Deena Winter at 473-2642 or dwinter@journalstar.com.
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