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Buffalo Mayor urges applicants to keep One Percent on the front burner
City of Buffalo Mayor Shane Schrader is urging applicants to begin thinking about Buffalo’s One Percent Funds.
Generated from the 1% optional sales tax collected by the city and county, interested entities can apply for funding by submitting an application to the Johnson County Commissioners Office or Buffalo City Hall.
The 1% Optional Sales Tax Committee, made up of members from the community, reviews the applications and makes recommendations to the city and the county for which entities to fund.
Although this process will not begin until the the initial weeks of 2026, Schrader urged organizations who wish to apply for those funds to begin their internal procedures for applications.
Mayor S. Schrader
The final decisions on allocations are made by the Buffalo City Council and Johnson County Commission, typically during their annual budget sessions in the spring.
Will Jennings
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 am
Just so you know, this story is erroneous in saying Buffalo has an optional sales tax. It is only optional is the voters get a chance to vote on it. In Johnson Co. it has not been voted on for 35 years.
Dennis Fox
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 pm
Didn’t the voters reject this tax a few years ago?
They have a lower 5% sales tax in Johnson Co. Just as they do in Campbell and Big Horn counties.
In fact, Sheridan is the sole, “High Tax Island” surrounded by lower tax entities. When will we wake-up and realize that Sheridan’s highest county sales tax in Wyoming, is driving sales away.
Lower Taxes Are Better!