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OGDEN -- The city council approved a resolution Tuesday night encouraging public support for a ballot measure aimed at allocating about $8.5 million annually for transit and transportation infrastructure projects in Weber County.

The resolution in favor of a quarter-cent sales and use tax increase was originally slated to be approved jointly by the city council and Ogden's administration.

However, Mayor Matthew Godfrey had concerns about the resolution's language preventing the administration from joining the council in adopting the document, said Bill Cook, the council's executive director.

Godfrey did not attend Tuesday night's meeting and could not be reached for comment regarding his position on the resolution or the city council's vote.

The only dissenting vote came from Councilman Doug Stephens, who said he had hoped the resolution could have been endorsed jointly by the council and administration.

Approval of the ballot measure would provide about $8.5 million annually for corridor preservation, repair and restoration of existing roads, new highway construction and transit development in Weber County, according to Dave Hardman, executive director of the Ogden/Weber Chamber of Commerce.

The city council's resolution recommends that 40 percent of the funds be used for transit projects.

The funds would be distributed by the Weber Area Council of Governments based on a project priority ranking system spelled out in state statute, Hardman said.

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