Jamestown City Council tables sales tax memorandum of agreement

JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown City Council will decide at a future meeting on a sales tax memorandum of understanding between the city and the Jamestown Parks and Recreation District. On Monday, Nov. 2, the City Council unanimously approved tabling a resolution to approve the sales tax memorandum of understanding. Previously, the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Commission agreed to a 50-50 split on a 1.5% sales tax if a proposed amendment for a city of Jamestown sales and use tax is approved by the City Council. The city and the district would each receive a 0.75% sales tax with the 50-50 split. The new 1.5% sales tax would occur after the bond for the Two Rivers Activity Center is expected to be paid off, which is estimated to occur in the third or fourth quarter of 2027. The sales tax in Jamestown will be 8% — a 5% state sales tax and a 3% city sales tax — after an amendment to Article VII of Section 25.5 of the Jamestown Code of Ordinances to create the sales tax is a