Town floats a 6th cent general sales tax ahead of 2028 ballot talk

Jackson’s Town Council plans to put a new revenue idea on the table Monday: potentially adding a 6th cent of general revenue sales tax, and asking Teton County to join a community-wide discussion about whether that kind of funding is needed for future services and priorities Town proposal staff report.

The staff report frames the 6th-cent concept as part of a broader effort to close a gap where “annual expenditures currently exceed annual revenues,” and it makes clear Monday’s item would not commit either government to a tax increase yet. If the idea advances, previous county finance estimates have put a 1% “6th cent” at roughly $28.3 million per year in new revenue, with the hard questions still to come: what would be funded first (including whether housing gets a dedicated share), what guardrails would be written into ballot language, and who gets to spend it.