Jenks seeks sales tax hike
Jenks voters will go to the polls Feb. 9 to decide the fate of a $6.7 million bond issue and sales tax increase.
If it passes, the sales tax in Jenks will rise to 9.267 percent - one of the highest rates in Tulsa County and in the State of Oklahoma. The $6.7 million bond issue would be used to help fund three federally supported street improvements, including a signal at Main and Koa streets. It would also pay for storm water improvements.
The borrowed funds would remodel the police station and public works offices at Jenks City Hall and would buy new fire trucks and pay for sewer improvements.
City officials say property taxes for a house worth $100,000 would increase $34 a year if the tax hike passes. The tax would run at least five years.
The sales tax vote would permanently raise the rate by three-quarters of a cent. Jenks now charges 8.517 percent - the same as Tulsa and Broken Arrow. The new rate would be 9.267.
Glenpool has the highest sales tax rate in Tulsa County at 9.517.