{ "type": "data-table", "title": "The new city wheel tax is meant to replace the county charge", "theme": "default", "caption": "The state requires the city to run its own wheel tax to keep paving money. Terre Haute says city residents should switch from the county levy to a matching city levy, not pay both.", "source": { "label": "Terre Haute City Council, 2026-07-09 — 2:17:52", "href": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL8ap9H0zd4&t=8272" }, "alt": "A comparison table shows why Terre Haute adopted a city wheel tax, what changes for city residents, what stays the same, and the payment-routing issue the city plans to audit.", "dataTable": { "columns": [ "Question", "Council's explanation" ], "records": [ [ "Why create a city tax?", "State requires each local government to run its own levy to keep paving dollars" ], [ "Does it stack?", "City says it replaces the county wheel tax for city residents" ], [ "What could go wrong?", "State registration system may route city payments to the county" ], [ "Check", "Audit planned after the first few months" ], [ "Outcome", "Two companion ordinances adopted unanimously as amended" ] ] }, "stat": { "display": "Replacement, not add-on", "label": "City's stated design" }, "columns": [ { "id": "question", "label": "Question", "encode": "text" }, { "id": "before", "label": "Before", "encode": "text" }, { "id": "after", "label": "With city levy", "encode": "text" } ], "rows": [ { "question": "Who receives the levy?", "before": "County", "after": "City" }, { "question": "City resident's charge", "before": "County wheel tax", "after": "Matching city wheel tax; city says it does not stack" }, { "question": "Paving eligibility", "before": "State now requires each local government to levy its own tax", "after": "City levy keeps Terre Haute eligible for state paving dollars" }, { "question": "Routing check", "before": "State registration may send city payments to county", "after": "City plans an audit after the first few months" } ], "footnote": "The companion ordinances were adopted by unanimous voice vote; the highlight does not record individual members' votes or a tax amount." }