By Claire O’Brien | Shaw Local
McHenry County voters will now have a say on whether to approve a 0.25% sales tax increase on the March ballot.
If approved, the measure would not just increase the sales tax countywide but would also shift how the county’s Mental Health Board is funded. The board has thrown its support behind the proposal, but members brought up concerns about whether disability services would be covered.
If voters back the sales tax increase question on the March 19 primary election ballot, the portion of the county’s property tax levy that’s earmarked for the Mental Health Board, almost $11 million, would go away.
Officials have estimated that, if approved, the sales tax could generate $14 million of revenue for the mental health board.
The extra quarter-percent sales tax would be added to the existing sales. In Crystal Lake, for example, shoppers now pay 7.75% in sales tax. That would rise to 8% if the referendum passes.
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