Election
BY KAROLINE PFEIL
Bee Cave, Lakeway voters to decide on city road taxes
Bee Cave and Lakeway are striving to improve conditions on municipal roads through collection of a portion of each cities’ sales tax. For both cities, a certain percentage of sales tax has been collected and set aside each year for the purpose of maintaining roadways. In order to continue collecting these taxes, the cities must receive reauthorization from voters every four years, according to the Texas Comptroller. The next election in which reauthorization is required will be held May 3, for both cities. Ballot language for both road tax elections can be found on Bee Cave and Lakeway’s city websites. Bee Cave In Bee Cave, a lower percentage of sales tax— 0.125%—is collected for street maintenance. “Bee Cave has been doing this for at least the last two decades, with the road tax fund,” Mayor Kara King said at a Feb. 11 meeting. “State law requires every four years that we reauthorize it, so it’s not
changing how we allocate sales tax, it’s not adding any tax, it’s not taking away any tax, it’s just keeping one-eighth of 1% of our sales tax in a road fund.” Lakeway In Lakeway, the amount of sales tax collected for the purpose of maintaining and repairing municipal streets is 0.25%, according to ballot language. This amount has been collected since 2001, with resi- dents having voted to continue the collection every four years since then, according to city documents. On top of the 6.25% sales tax rate that the state of Texas charges, cities are authorized to add up to 2% of additional taxes, Lakeway City Manager Joseph Molis said. In Lakeway, 0.25% goes to Travis County Community Library, and of the remaining 1.75% left after that, 0.25% goes to the city’s road tax fund. The fund is primarily used for repaving projects or spot repairs on streets around Lakeway, Molis said. The last day to register to vote is April 3, and early voting starts April 22.
Road tax revenues
Bee Cave Lakeway
Revenue collected
$1M
$875K
$750K
$625K
$500K
$0
Fiscal year
SOURCE: CITIES OF LAKEWAY AND BEE CAVE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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