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Lacey adopts 6% cable utility tax projected to raise about $720,000 annually
Summary
The City Council adopted Ordinance 16-90 imposing a 6% utility tax on cable services to align with peer cities and generate an estimated $720,000 a year for the general fund. Council framed the tax as a discretionary, nonessential-service levy consistent with other local utility taxes.
The Lacey City Council on Dec. 16 adopted Ordinance 16-90 to impose a 6 percent utility tax on cable services, bringing the city's tax treatment of cable into alignment with comparable jurisdictions.
Shannon (Speaker 8) presented the ordinance and noted that Lacey's existing utility tax rates for…
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