The Racine County Board has voted to move forward with a 0.5% sales tax, set to go into effect in April.
County leaders and supporters of the ordinance say the sales tax is crucial to help fund public services Racine County has struggled to pay for, with the Sheriff's Office alone facing a $5 million deficit.
Watch: The Racine County Board votes to move forward with a 0.5% sales tax
The sales tax is projected to bring a minimum of $20 million a year to the county.
An early version of the proposal would have allocated about half that revenue to property tax relief. However, in a majority vote Thursday night, supervisors amended the ordinance to allocate only $2 million to property tax relief.
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