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Staff to analyze House Bill 2015 option to add 0.1% sales tax for criminal-justice funding
Summary
City staff will return in July with analysis of qualifications and implementation timing for House Bill 2015, which would let Redmond add a 0.1% sales tax dedicated to criminal-justice needs; council members asked for comparisons with county measures and implications for residents.
Director Cochran told the Committee of the Whole on June 10 that staff are analyzing whether Redmond qualifies to use authority granted by House Bill 2015 to add a 0.1% sales tax dedicated to criminal-justice purposes and will bring a fuller briefing to the July FAC meeting.
Cochran said that if the council chooses to pursue the tax, the city would need to adopt an ordinance in October to make it effective Jan. 1. She said the estimated yield is about $5,500,000 annually — an amount she compared to the revenue…
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