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Council discusses HB 2015 public-safety sales tax and grant program; no vote, staff to return with ordinance
Summary
Council members discussed HB 2015’s public-safety sales tax and a CJTC grant program on Sept. 2; staff said the city can apply for grants but that adopting a local 0.1% sales tax would be the direct way to increase local public-safety revenue.
The Duval City Council held an extensive Sept. 2 discussion of HB 2015, the state law authorizing a 0.1% public-safety sales tax and a separate competitive grant program administered by the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC). City Administrator Cynthia McNabb presented a draft ordinance and legal staff reviewed how the new law interacts with county-level actions. McNabb said King County already adopted a version of the public-safety sales tax; under…
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