The City of Warrior’s police jurisdiction tax will remain in effect.

The tax was the major topic of discussion during a Warrior City Council meeting on Tuesday.

As with the past several meetings, there was standing-room only in the council chambers, as Blount County and Warrior residents and business owners waited to see if the city would rescind a resolution that the council adopted on Dec. 7.

The resolution allows Warrior to collect a 1.5-percent sales tax from its police jurisdiction outside the city of Warrior, which extends a mile and a half beyond the city’s borders.

The tax goes into effect in March.

During the meeting, councilman Theodore Hines made a motion to rescind the tax, but the measure died for lack of someone to second the motion.

At a Jan. 4 council meeting, councilmen Brad Fuller and Johnny Ragland made a motion and second, respectively, to rescind the bill. However, a majority of the council voted no.

According to city officials, both Fuller and Ragland were ineligible to second Tuesday’s motion to rescind the tax because the second had to come from one of the councilmen who had the majority vote on Jan. 4 (or one of those who voted no).

As a result of the city council’s decision, Blount County residents have been boycotting Warrior businesses for several weeks.

Red the full article in Saturday’s edition of the North Jefferson News.