COUNTY POSTPONED TAX VOTE VENTURA PROPOSES TALKS.Byline: Jennifer Klein Staff Writer VENTURA - Putting the brakes on an escalating tax feud feud, formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta) is characteristic of those societies in which central government either has not arisen or has decayed. , supervisors on Tuesday postponed voting on an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been that would repeal The Annulment or abrogation of a previously existing statute by the enactment of a later law that revokes the former law. The revocation of the law can either be done through an express repeal the countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. - that brings in $100 million annually to cities and the county - if Ventura moved forward with plans to keep a portion it sends to the county. The move came after Ventura Mayor Sandy Smith delivered a letter to the board Tuesday, asking the county to discuss the bad blood between the two at the negotiating table, rather than move forward in a punitive manner. ``I think we have an opportunity to resolve this and resolve this for the greater good of the citizens of Ventura County,'' said Supervisor Kathy Long. Ventura City Attorney Bob Boehm said he was pleased by the board's decision to postpone for one week the vote on the ordinance, and looks forward to discussing the issue face-to-face with county officials. Last month, the Ventura City Council approved an ordinance that withholds the 3.3 percent share of the 1 percent sales tax it has turned over to the county since 1956. That amounted to $572,000 a year - money the city said it needed for roads. In response to Ventura's decision, the supervisors voted last week to repeal the entire countywide 1.25 percent sales tax if any of the following three things: A city votes to keep more of its county sales tax allocation for itself; a city submits the increase to the state for implementation; a city has the increase in effect for a calendar quarter. If the sales tax was repealed, all 10 cities and the county would lose roughly $100 million annually, officials said. Both the city manager for Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. and the city attorney for Fillmore told the board Tuesday that neither city is considering following Ventura's lead by revoking the county's share of the sales tax. Both asked the board to consider mediation. ``We really want the sales tax issue to go away,'' said Fillmore City Attorney Roger Myers. Fillmore stands to lose about $1 million, or more than 30 percent of its general fund budget, and Santa Paula would lose $1.6 million for its $7 million budget, officials said. No date has been set for the talks. In addtion to the direct negotiations, the city managers are also expected to discuss the issue at their monthly meeting on Thursday. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if 100 percent of the answers can be agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy in one week, but I do believe that whoever is involved in the negotiations can find an agreement,'' Mikels said. |
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