2022 ISCOC ANNUAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

Thank you for supporting BETTER ROADS, MORE SIDEWALKS and CLEANER RIVERS. On Nov. 6, 2018, 55.79 percent of St. Lucie County voters agreed to increase the county’s sales tax by half a cent for the next 10 years. We’ll be updating this website to help residents track the collection of these funds and the progress of the various projects in St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie. Please check back for updates in the coming months.  

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BETTER ROADS, MORE SIDEWALKS, AND CLEANER RIVERS.

 

Thank you for supporting BETTER ROADS, MORE SIDEWALKS and CLEANER RIVERS. On Nov. 6, 55.79 percent of St. Lucie County voters agreed to increase the county’s sales tax by half a cent for the next 10 years. We’ll be updating this website to help residents track the collection of these funds and the progress of the various projects in St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie. Please check back for updates in the coming months.

 

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ST. LUCIE COUNTY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

 

St. Lucie County Commissioners are looking for civic-minded residents to serve on the Infrastructure Surtax Oversight Committee to help monitor the projects of the projects being constructed through the half-cent sales tax, approved by voters this past November.

 

 

 

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VOTERS HAVE APPROVED THE HALF-CENT SALES TAX INITIATIVE

The approved half-cent increase will help improve roads, build more sidewalks and support water quality projects in unincorporated St. Lucie County, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and St. Lucie Village. The half-cent sales tax will not apply to purchases of gas, groceries, or medicine. For automobile or boat purchases, the tax will only be applied to the first $5,000 of the purchase. The increase will expire in 10 years (2028).

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These projects will create many local construction jobs. Funds can only be used for roads, sidewalks, and water quality projects. Not for salaries or new positions.

IT WON’T APPLY TO ALL PURCHASES

The half-cent sales tax will not apply to purchases of gas, groceries, or medicine. For automobile or boat purchases, the tax would only be applied to the first $5,000 of the purchase.

VISITORS CONTRIBUTE up to 20%

That means everyone who uses our roads, sidewalks and rivers will help pay for them, not just residents and property owners. If these improvements were paid through property taxes, only local property owners would carry the burden.

CITIZEN OVERSIGHT

There will be local citizen oversight committee to ensure the money is spent as approved. Additionally, there are 4 layers of protection to ensure funds can only be used for roads, sidewalks, and water quality projects, not for salaries or new positions.