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Tumwater council appoints pro committee for Proposition 1 renewal of 0.2% TBD sales tax
Summary
The Tumwater City Council on Feb. 18 adopted Resolution R2025-003 to appoint two residents to prepare arguments supporting Proposition 1, a proposed 0.2% sales-and-use tax renewal to fund the Transportation Benefit District for 10 years. The vote was unanimous; staff said no opposition committee filed by the city’s deadline.
The Tumwater City Council on Feb. 18 voted unanimously to adopt Resolution R2025-003, appointing two volunteers to prepare arguments in support of Proposition 1, a proposed renewal of two-tenths of one percent in sales-and-use tax to fund the city’s Transportation Benefit District for 10 years.
Why it matters: If approved by voters, the renewal would continue local sales-tax funding dedicated to transportation improvements overseen by the Transportation Benefit District. The council’s resolution appoints the pro committee that will prepare the city’s explanatory statements for the voter pamphlet.
Brandon Hicks, the city’s transportation and engineering director, told the council the city received no letters of interest to serve on an opposition committee and therefore only the pro committee appointments required action. “We did not receive any letters of interest to serve on the con committee,” Hicks said. The city provided the county with the pro-committee names so the county can coordinate publication in the voters’ pamphlet.
The council named Pete Komet and Nancy Stephenson as the pro-committee representatives in the resolution packet; the city must submit the committee names and the explanatory statement to the Thurston County Auditor’s Office by the county’s filing deadline to appear in the April ballot pamphlet. Hicks told the council the county may continue to solicit names for a con committee since the city did not submit opposition names.
Councilmember Liana Delhoff moved to adopt Resolution R2025-003 appointing the pro committee; Councilmember Angela Jefferson seconded. The motion carried by a voice vote; all council members present voted in favor.
What the resolution does: The resolution appoints two named volunteers to coordinate preparation of the pro argument and to work with Thurston County to publish the explanatory materials in the voter pamphlet for the April election. The resolution does not itself place the measure on the ballot; it appoints pro-committee members consistent with the county’s pamphlet process.
Next steps: The city will forward the names and the explanatory statement to the Thurston County Auditor by the county’s Friday submission deadline. The county will handle coordination with the pro committee and publication in the voter pamphlet; the county may solicit an opposition committee separately.
