In 2016, Summit County voters approved a sales tax amounting to 1 cent on every $4 spent. The TST grant recipients are most often Summit County cities and towns, High Valley Transit or the county government itself. In the past Summit County staff screened the applicants and recommended funding levels to COG to recommend to the Summit County Council. The proposed changes would make the transportation sales tax grant process more similar to the county Recreation, Arts and Parks tax. Last year, the Summit County Council nearly voted down COG’s transportation sales tax recommendations because the process was murky.