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# Hutchinson council splits Landmark CID sales tax from residents on 4-1 vote, with Goss opposed
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/hutchinson-council-splits-landmark-cid-sales-tax-from-residents-on-4-1-vote-with-goss-opposed-2/
- Published: 2026-08-21T14:42:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-21T14:42:06.000Z
- Description: Only one resident spoke at the Aug. 4 public hearing, and the minutes record no stated opposition from the audience.
- Author: Rica Simpson
- Tags: hutch, dnn, #news

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The Hutchinson City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday, Aug. 4, to amend the Landmark Community Improvement District so its added sales tax falls on commercial sales rather than the building's residents, with Councilmember Stacy Goss opposed. The same motion approved an amendment to the development agreement for the project.

Before the vote, Finance Director Angela Richard told the public hearing that the amendment would separate the residents from the commercial tax, letting the state know which tax is subject to the CID — a district in which an added sales tax is charged on purchases made within a set boundary. She recommended approval. Richard also said STAR bonds and the CID are not related, that the CID does not affect the STAR bond, and that no debt is involved in the process. The minutes do not say whether the change alters how much CID tax is collected at the site or only how commercial and residential sales there are reported to the state.

Councilmembers Steven Garza, Darrin Truan and Greg Fast, along with Mayor Scott Meggers, voted in favor on a motion by Truan, seconded by Fast. Under the report of city officials later in the meeting, the minutes record that Goss explained her no vote on the Landmark CID due to the additional taxes and that she does not agree. Hers was one of only two split votes that night; she also voted alone against the ordinance incorporating the 42nd edition of the Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities.

A district sales tax stacks on top of a rate Hutchinson voters themselves raised in March 2026, when they narrowly approved a 0.75% citywide sales tax. The Landmark district is also the second CID sales tax before the council this year, after a separate 2% proposal for the Stamey Hotel rehabilitation in late May. The district dates to Ordinance 2022-09, which the Aug. 4 ordinance amended. The minutes do not state the district's boundaries, its tax rate or what the revenue pays for, though summaries published by Hutch Post and Citizen Portal describe the district as a 2% tax covering commercial space at 501 N. Main.

The minutes recording the vote were placed on the consent agenda for the council's Tuesday, Aug. 18 meeting, listed there with a typo as August 47, 2026, and no Landmark item appeared on that agenda. Minutes of the Aug. 18 meeting were not available, so whether the council adopted that record is not documented. The council's next meetings are set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, and Tuesday, Sept. 15, in council chambers.

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