Government Tracker: Can Vail ease locals’ tax burden?

By scott miller

Board: Vail Town Council, Tuesday afternoon and evening meetings.Present: Kevin Foley, Greg Moffet, Jenn Bruno, Mayor Dave Chapin, Kim Langmaid, Jen Mason, Dick Cleveland.Issue: Possible tax or other relief for locals.Who they talked to: Town Manager Stan Zemler, Town Attorney Matt Mire.How the discussion went: The town government has been asked by a town resident to look into some sort of relief from the town’s sales tax on grocery purchases.Zemler said that Fort Collins and Snowmass are among the state’s cities that offer some sort of rebate on grocery sales taxes. But, he added, creating a system would require a …

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