A town hall-style meeting is set for later this month so residents can hear presentations on Maumelle's coming sales-tax special election.
The meeting will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, 100 Valencia Drive. The meeting will be live-streamed online so residents who cannot attend can submit questions via Twitter.
Maumelle voters will be asked to cast three votes in a March 13 special election that could total a 1 percentage point increase in the city's sales tax if all, or a specific combination of the three, are approved.
The special election involves three issues: a temporary half-percent tax to support a $15.59 million bond issue to pay for a planned interchange to connect Counts Massie Road with Interstate 40; a temporary half-percent tax for a $2.3 million bond issue to extend sewer service into the city's north end around the Morgan interchange at I-40; and a permanent half-percent tax to support public safety.
The temporary tax won't exceed a half-percentage-point increase whether or not one or both of those issues pass.
Metro on 02/23/2018