— Lincoln County officials have scheduled a public hearing to examine a new half-cent sales tax with revenue directed toward property tax relief. “I have no problems against the half-cent sales tax,” he later clarified, “but I think it should be up to the people, and they should vote on it.” Sioux Falls Minnehaha County forgoing option to bump up sales tax to pay down property taxes The S.D. “Would it be better to wait and see how that actually shakes out, rather than implementing a new tax in order to have property tax relief?” If passed, the gross receipts tax could see a public referendum by Lincoln County voters.