The battle over a one percent municipal occupational tax has finally come to an end in Huntington, W.Va.
Huntington City Council voted in a meeting Monday to repeal the tax.
News media outlets report the council has been debating the legality of the municipal tax for nearly three years and would have affected all employees who worked within the city limits.
Several businesses sued the city over the tax.
The Herald-Dispatch reports Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says the tax’s repeal will favor Huntington and other cities while waiting for the decision of the West Virginia Legislature on whether to continue and expand the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program. The Herald-Dispatch says it is a bill “extending the program through July 1, 2019, and allowing 10 more cities to participate passed the state Senate.”
In lighter business matters, the council opened its meeting with honors to officers in the police force for exceptional service, the Marshall University Swimming and Diving team for placing sixth in the Conference USA and the Huntington High School wrestling team for winning the school's first state Class AAA wrestling championship last month.
The council also opened the floor to the public to voice concerns of city matters.
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