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Breckenridge hits pause on lift ticket tax |
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:09 |
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By CADDIE NATH, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
BRECKENRIDGE — The town put a proposed lift ticket tax ballot question on hold temporarily Wednesday, opting to work toward an agreement with Vail Resorts to fund improvements to the town and ski area transit systems.
The amusement tax, which would be levied on the sale of lift tickets and other entertainment admissions sales, was intended to help fund an enhanced bus system that would likely combine the town and resort's existing bus services.
“We've wanted to have a revenue stream that would fund ongoing expenses,” Mayor John Warner said. “There're a lot of things we can do to improve our (transit) system on the front end, but we still have to maintain it.”
Breckenridge Ski Resort is strongly opposed to the tax measure and, in recent talks with the town, offered to come to the table and discuss financial contributions to future transit improvements in lieu of a ballot question.
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