The fate of $58 million in potential new annual sales tax revenue to fund transit and road projects in Salt Lake County now resides with the county’s two dozen local governing bodies.
The County Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday to seek support from enough localities to comprise a two-thirds majority of the county’s 1.1 million residents. The 0.25 percent tax increase — one penny for each $4 spent — would set the sales tax rate at 7.1 percent in most of the county.
The measure adopted by the council sets a June 22 deadline to reach the two-thirds majority.