VAIL — Vail Town Council member Dick Cleveland, a longtime advocate of building more parking in town, suggested Tuesday that itap time to put money into boosting the town’s parking inventory.
During a brief discussion about parking, Cleveland asked for, and received, support from fellow council members to ask Town Attorney Matt Mire to research a possible ordinance that would double the current 4 percent lift ticket tax, then put that money toward parking.
The current 4 percent lift tax generated $4.7 million in 2015, roughly 7 percent of the town’s revenue for the year. That money goes into the town’s general fund and is used for all town operations, from the bus system to the fire department to the public library.
The council has until early September to submit a question to the county’s November ballot.
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