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Wenatchee staff seek 0.2% sales-tax increase to close $2 million pavement funding gap
Summary
City staff proposed placing a 0.2 percentage-point sales tax measure on the Aug. 5 ballot to raise roughly $3 million annually for pavement preservation, arguing current funding leaves the citywide pavement condition below the target industry standard.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — City of Wenatchee staff on Tuesday recommended asking voters to approve a 0.2 percentage-point sales tax increase in August to close an estimated $2 million annual gap in funding for the citywide pavement preservation program.
Charlotte Mitchell, senior project engineer, told the council the ballot measure would be effective for about 10 years if approved and is intended to "fully fund the city's pavement preservation program." She said the city currently budgets about $2.2 million a year for preservation but needs roughly $4.2 million annually to stabilize and then recover the city's pavement condition index…
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