The Kewaunee County Finance and Public Property Committee will discuss on Friday if the area’s 0.5 percent sales tax will stick around a little longer. The sales tax was approved in 2016 as a way to add some revenue to balance out the county’s rising expenditures and the closure of the Kewaunee Power Plant. According to the resolution, the sales tax is scheduled to sunset December 31st, 2021. The resolution also directs Kewaunee County Clerk Jamie Annoye to provide a certified copy of the resolution before the sales tax is repealed, which means the Kewaunee County Board must come to a decision on it in September. Kewaunee County Finance Chair John Mastalir hopes people are more understanding of why the tax is needed compared to when it was first introduced.

Mastalir added the state’s ability to collect sales tax from online purchases has also been beneficial to Kewaunee County and others. Sixty-eight of the state’s 72 counties collect at least some kind of sales tax separate from the state according to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. The committee meeting begins at 8 a.m. on Friday at the Kewaunee County Administration Center on the county’s YouTube page.