Pomona : Panel to Weigh New Taxes
The City Council voted this week to create a 25-member residents committee to recommend tax and fee increases to offset planned reductions in the city utility tax.
City staff members have proposed eight revenue measures totaling $1.7 million, but the council acted on only one of them: a surcharge on dumping at the Spadra landfill that will raise $102,000.
The council referred the other proposals, including a proposed 10% tax on interstate and international telephone calls, to the committee that will be appointed by council members.
City Administrator Julio Fuentes said the taxes may be needed to offset future reductions in the utility tax. That tax, which ranges from 9% to 11% on telephone, electricity, gas and water bills, is gradually being lowered to 5% under a plan adopted by the council last year.
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