Members of an interim South Dakota legislative committee looking at county governments heard from state and local officials on how counties raise revenues and the financial challenges they are facing. During the public testimony portion of the two day meeting, Duane Sutton, a Brown County Commissioner told the group that county governments are left out of the sales tax pool in the state…
Sutton, who is vice chair of the state county commissioners association, says he has done some projections of a half cent sales tax increase…
Committee members took no position on a sales tax or any other revenue suggestion. At the close of the session, Committee Chair, Representative Kristin Conzet of Rapid City says they got a lot of good information…
The committee will hold several more meetings before the 2016 legislative session.