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Steve Wiitala's avatar

I would like to see a comparison between the amount of Revenue lost by having Soopers move and the amount of money brought back by the agreement with Erie. Is the Soopers move a net gain or a net loss in revenue?

I'm still stunned at the idea that different municipalities can charge different sales tax rates.

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Karen Norback's avatar

The store isn't built yet so there are only guesses at this point. Our CFO says we will take a 40% hit when it moves.

We only get half of Erie's 3.5% sales tax. Lafayette's sales tax is 3.87% we get all of that. The new King Soopers will be larger so does more stuff to buy = more money?

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Ron Spalding's avatar

Thanks Karen for a detailed and informative report. I'm happy to hear that the city, especially Dave Billingsley, was so cooperative and transparent with you. That's a positive sign 👍

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Karen Norback's avatar

Hope it's useful Ron! Happy to report that the city staff are very helpful when I ask for information.

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