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Ellensburg council directs staff to pursue separate transit sales-tax measure and study street-funding option
Summary
The Ellensburg City Council voted to put a new 0.2% transit sales-tax measure on a future ballot separate from a proposal to dedicate 0.1% for street maintenance, and asked staff for detailed financial analyses and a subsidized-fare review for transit.
The Ellensburg City Council voted Wednesday to pursue a separate ballot measure asking voters to continue or replace the current 0.2% transportation sales tax for transit and asked staff to prepare a parallel report on dedicating 0.1% for street maintenance.
The measure directs staff to draft a transit-focused ballot resolution that would use the transit sales-tax mechanism available under state law and to return to council with financial detail, timing options and an analysis of a rider-cost (subsidized-fare) model. Councilmembers made the decision after public comment and…
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