MINNEAPOLIS – A host of Twin Cities suburbs are looking to enact local sales taxes to help maintain and upgrade aging public amenities like community centers, ice rinks, and city buildings.
About a dozen cities, including Edina, Bloomington, Golden Valley, Roseville, and Brooklyn Center, are looking to enact a new sales tax on top of the 6.9% sales tax the state already collects to pay for capital projects. Local sales taxes can vary but they typically amount to half a cent.
The suburbs would need to get approval from the Legislature and voters would have to approve the tax for a specific project.
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