The Live Oak City Council approved a resolution Sept. 16 authorizing a revenue-sharing agreement with Sutter County if voters approve Measure G, a proposed 1% transaction-and-use tax headed for the Nov. 3 ballot. The council meeting record shows the action was conditional on the measure passing.
Under the arrangement described by City Manager Benjamin Moody, 100% of the tax generated in Live Oak would return to the city, while tax generated in unincorporated Sutter County would remain with the county. The city would receive a minimum annual share of $750,000, prorated based on when collections begin, through the end of fiscal year 2027-28. Moody said the city expects the amount to exceed about $800,000 beginning in fiscal year 2028-29.
Moody told the council the prospective revenue is part of a broader effort to address what he described as an approximately $800,000 general-fund structural deficit. He said the funding would help maintain public safety and other core services, including roads and water operations, and warned that without new revenue or other action the city would face further reductions. Those are staff projections and statements about potential impacts, not a guarantee that the measure will generate a particular amount or that services will be preserved at current levels.
The council’s action did not itself impose the tax or establish that Measure G passed. The record available for this story does not establish a certified election result, a fully executed agreement or the agreement’s complete payment, audit, termination and post-fiscal-2029 provisions. Those documents will be needed to verify how the arrangement operates and whether projected revenue begins flowing to Live Oak.
