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Pasco council adopts property and utility tax changes and initiates emergency comp-plan amendments; loan acceptance postponed
Summary
Council approved a regular 1% property-tax increase (ordinance 4802) and a 1.5% increase to city-owned utility taxes (ordinance 4803); it also initiated emergency comprehensive-plan amendments related to the Pasco School District capital facilities plan (resolution 4679) and the RS-20 land-use conflict (resolution 4680). Approval of a $14.7M DWSRF loan for Butterfield was postponed pending the rate discussion.
At its Nov. 17 meeting the Pasco City Council moved forward on several fiscal and planning items. After a staff presentation on property-tax mechanics and ‘‘bank capacity," the council adopted ordinance 4802 to increase regular property taxes by up to 1% (a modest levy action staff said would amount to roughly $5/year on a $500,000 home). The vote was unanimous.
Later the council adopted ordinance 4803 to raise…
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