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A Wait and See Approach
City of Sheridan officials will take a wait and see approach on GPET funding allocations for fiscal year 2026. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.
Every year various local agencies and nonprofits submit funding requests to the City of Sheridan for General Purpose Excise Tax allocations for the upcoming fiscal year. Sheridan Mayor Rich Bridger said at the beginning of Monday night’s City Council study session, that the City will wait to see what happens in Cheyenne before considering and acting on the requests for GPET funds.
The Wyoming Legislative session is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, March 6. According to the Wyoming Legislative Service Office, three additional legislative days are available, if necessary.
Dirk Sanderson
February 26, 2025 at 3:29 pm
Well, here we go again. Depending on the current State legislation and what it will bring, our Mayor and City Council are looking at renaming we the people’s General Purpose Excise Tax, to become Our Purpose Excise Tax. The handwriting is on the wall, and what we the people initially voted for and expected our elected officials to adhere to, the help and assistance to community self help nonprofit organizations, has slowly eroded to less and less to these community organizations helping the less fortunate of Sheridan, Wyoming, and more towards the support of a out of control City Government, financially. I think it’s time, coming next election cycle, to vote non renewal of the “General Purpose Excise Tax, and force our ineffective City leaders and those in charge at City Hall, to live on a budget, like the majority of the rest of us, within this city. Enough said.
Dennis Fox
February 28, 2025 at 2:42 pm
Both one percent Excess taxes have become “Slush Funds” for politicians to hand out money to special interests, in exchange of “voter support.”
42% of voters Rejected a Higher Sales tax in both the 2022 and 2024 Elections.
The day of “Lower Taxes Are Better” has arrived, as a majority of citizens wake-up to the wasteful gov’t spending everywhere.
Lower Taxes are Always Better!
Dennis Fox
March 1, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Might want to “Wait and See” if voters want to re-impose the state’s highest sales tax on themselves and their neighbors, before wasting any more of our tax money.
All we need to do is enlighten a few hundred more voters about the serious waste of the One Percent EXCESS Tax “Slush Fund” and we can lift this onerous 6% Excess TAX Burden.
Dropping our sales to to 5% will save us all millions of dollars!
Lower Taxes Are Always Better!