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Council adopts ordinance implementing new public transit sales and use tax, repealing transportation benefit district tax
Summary
Ordinance 4,979 codifies the voters' approval of a public transit sales and use tax, sunsets the transportation benefit district tax March 31 and directs the Department of Revenue to begin collection April 1; council waived rules to adopt the ordinance in a single reading and authorized the city manager to contract with DOR.
The council adopted Ordinance 4,979 in a single reading to implement a voter‑approved public transit sales and use tax and to repeal the existing transportation benefit district (TBD) sales and use tax.
City Attorney Chris Horner explained the ordinance amends city code to reflect the voters' approval, sets an expiration date of March 31 for the TBD tax and implements the new transit tax effective April 1. The ordinance directs the city manager to enter a contract with the Washington State Department of Revenue to administer collection and requires providing Department of Revenue 75 days' notice, which the city addressed by holding a single‑reading adoption that same evening.
The council first voted to waive the council rule that normally prohibits final passage the same day as introduction, then moved to conduct a single reading and adoption of Ordinance 4,979. The clerk called the roll and council members recorded their votes in favor; the ordinance passed on the single reading as allowed by council rules.
