Terminating a tax

The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday to decide on the different options for terminating the Carbon County 2008 special purpose tax (6th penny tax).

Irene Archibald, chairman of the Specific Purpose Tax Joint Powers Board (Tax Board), said since the CCCOG meeting on March 21, when she recommended to town councils and county commissioners a plan to pay off bonds issued by the Carbon County 2009 Specific Purpose Joint Powers Board to stop the tax, the situation had changed somewhat.

During the meeting on March 21, Pam Paulson, town treasurer for Hanna, sa...