Voters Pass LexTran Tax

Finally the voters of Fayette County wake up and smell the coffee on this issue!

--ryan

Voters Back LexTran Tax

Posted on Tue, Nov. 02, 2004

By Brandon Ortiz
Herald-Leader Staff Writer

Fayette County voters approved a $10.9 million property tax hike for LexTran Tuesday, handing the perennially struggling transit authority a rare and surprising victory.

“There were a lot of people who said this could never happen,” Chief Administrative Officer Milton Dahoney told about 80 cheering volunteers in Lexington’s City Hall ballroom. “And there were days when we were wondering if it could happen.

The tax will begin next July and cost 6 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The owner of a $100,000 home will pay $60 annually.

The dedicated tax will replace the $3.4 million subsidy LexTran receives from the Urban County Government and a $2 million federal air quality grant that expires next summer, officials said.

For more on this story, see Wednesday's Herald-Leader.
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