Updated: 12:20 a.m. CST
According to unofficial voting results, with 47 of 62 precincts voting, Georgetown's street maintenance sales tax is likely to pass with 82.45 percent, or 14,604 votes in favor of continuing the sales tax.
"It's passed by a healthy margin in the past so we were hoping it would do the same this year," Georgetown Transportation Services Director Mark Miller said. "We're thrilled with the results."
All votes are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted: 7:14 p.m. CST
According to early voting results, 83.55 percent of Georgetown voters are in favor of continuing the city's street maintenance sales tax.
Proposition 1 applies a quarter-cent sales tax to purchases made in stores within Georgetown to fund street maintenance. The tax does not affect the sales tax rate or property taxes.
The ballot item has received 10,791 votes in favor and 2,124 votes against.
Voters approved this measure for the first time in 2002, and it must be reauthorized every four years. The proposition received approval in 2006 and 2010.
Since going into effect the quarter-cent sales tax has generated $20 million, and in fiscal year 2014–15 it is expected to generate about $2.05 million, according to Chief Financial Officer Micki Rundell.
If approved, the collected revenue applies only to projects completed between this
There are 610 lane miles of streets in the city. Georgetown's street network has grown by 275 percent in the past 20 years, and since 1994 Georgetown has added nearly 400 lane miles, according to Mark Miller, transportation services manager for the city.
