BY THE NUMBERS$36.7 million: Projected Chattanooga sales tax collections for fiscal 2011-12$735,000: Trustee’s fee at 2 percent$367,500: Trustee’s fee at 1 percentSource: Chattanooga finance office
Any fee that Hamilton County charges Chattanooga for collecting city sales tax should be used to support agencies once jointly funded by the city and county, a city spokesman said Wednesday.
“Those were the funds we were planning to use to fund agencies,” said Richard Beeland, spokesman for Mayor Ron Littlefield.
County Commission Chairman Larry Henry said the city should mind its own business.
“I kind of take offense at the city trying to dictate our budget,” Henry said.