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Pasco staff outlines utility-tax options as council debates increases to close budget gap
Summary
Deputy City Manager Richard Sigdell presented options to increase utility taxes on city-owned utilities; councilmembers were split, with several expressing support for a 1.5 percentage-point increase and others asking for more detail on how revenue would be used.
Deputy City Manager Richard Sigdell told the council Sept. 8 that the city faces a biennial general-fund shortfall and presented options to raise utility-tax rates on city-owned utilities. Sigdell explained that certain services (electric, gas, telephone) are capped by state law at 6% unless voters approve an increase, while other city utilities such as water, sewer and stormwater are not capped and may be set by council. He presented revenue estimates: a 1-percentage-point…
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