Mahomet board votes to support sales tax

MAHOMET – Mahomet-Seymour added its official support to a countywide sales tax that would pay for school improvements, but a few school board members still expressed concern about it.

Board members voted 5-0 at a special Wednesday meeting to support the tax. Members Val Woodruff and Tom Harpst were absent.

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