It didn’t take long for Mesa County’s public safety tax to re-emerge as a source of friction between the sheriff and other recipients of that revenue.

County voters approved the 0.37 percent sales tax in November, which was expected to generate about $7.6 million this year. But revenues from the tax, which began to be collected on Jan. 1, are coming in higher than anticipated thanks to an improving economy.

Recall that the tax proposal got some pushback when the ballot language was drafted because 85 percent of the revenues went to the Sheriff’s Office and the District Attorney’s Office. The remaining 15 percent was to be divvied up among 14 other agencies to help offset their costs to staff and operate the regional dispatch center.

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