Jackson approves 2 new taxes

The car rental tax revenue will be three percent and will be used to provide revenue to fund community and economic development efforts.

The hotel/motel tax will be used to generate revenue to aid in the funding of tourism, trade and development-related activities.

Currently, there are no motel/hotels or car rental agencies in the unincorporated area of the county.

On another tax-related issue, the BOC agreed to form a nine-member committee to work on legislation to create “community improvement districts” in which businesses or neighborhoods could vote to tax themselves for specific improvements.