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Des Moines enacts 0.1% public-safety sales tax, estimated to raise about $450,000 a year
Summary
Council unanimously adopted an ordinance to add a 0.1 percentage-point sales and use tax for criminal justice purposes under state ESHB 2015; staff estimates about $450,000 annually and flagged a potential grant that could fund new officer positions for three years.
The Des Moines City Council on Oct. 9 voted unanimously to enact a 0.1 percentage-point public-safety sales and use tax authorized by the Washington Legislature in ESHB 2015. The tax raises the city's sales-tax rate from 10.2% to 10.3% and would fund criminal-justice-related activities the state statute allows.
Jeff Friend, the city's finance director, briefed council members on the statutory requirements and how the city would comply. He said the Des Moines Police Department has submitted the required policy and practice documents to the Criminal Justice Training Commission, a condition of eligibility under ESHB 2015. Friend said the tax's annual proceeds are estimated at about $450,000 for Des Moines and that the city could…
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