The City of Lincoln has begun the process to place a ballot initiative before voters on April 8 that would continue a funding initiative for street construction and improvements. Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird says the continuation of the Lincoln on the Move quarter-cent sales tax would generate an estimated $18 million annually for a projected total of $144 million for transportation infrastructure over eight years.
“If the quarter-cent sales tax is allowed to expire on September 30, 2025, Lincoln will lose $18 million dollars in annual street funding, which jeopardizes our community’s growth, our quality of life, and even our public safety,” Gaylor Baird says.
During a Thursday morning news conference Gaylor Baird was joined by a coalition of leaders, including the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln Fire and Rescue, Lincoln Independent Business Association, Lincoln Homebuilders Association and Lincoln Realtors.
All of the entities have come together to work with the City Council to place three items on the Council agenda for its January 13 meeting. A public hearing by the City Council for all three resolutions is scheduled for January 27. The City Council will vote on all initiative items on February 3.
Placing a local option sales tax on the ballot requires five votes on the Council. If approved by the Council, the measure would appear on the April 8 primary ballot to continue the City sales tax one-quarter cent for eight more years. If approved by voters April 8, the Lincoln on the Move program and tax continues from October 1, 2025, to the new expiration date on September 30, 2033.
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