City leaders deliberate revenue growth, diversification in light of sales tax over-reliance

City leaders deliberate revenue growth, diversification in light of sales tax over-reliance

Steamboat Springs City Council signaled Tuesday that its ready to confront the long-simmering dilemma of how to keep the city running at current service levels when the city’s sales tax‑driven finances are increasingly vulnerable to low-snow years, influx tourist spending and economic downturns.  At council’s Tuesday work session on fiscal sustainability, Finance Director Kim Weber stressed that city leaders first need to define the problem befo…