Cleveland City Councilman Richard Banks said he'll likely not seek to overturn the mayoral veto of a resolution he introduced Monday that sought to delay a hearing on the city/Bradley County dispute over $689,930 in increased sales tax revenue.
Mayor Tom Rowland vetoed the resolution, passed 3-2 by the city council, under the rules of the city's charter, Banks said. The hearing was set for next Thursday.
City voters who approved a half-cent sales tax increase two years ago were told the money would go for capital projects. But Bradley County officials, based on a 1967 agreement on the division of sales tax collections, sued to collect part of that fund.
The city contends that money belongs solely to Cleveland.
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