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Pasco council directs staff to draft ordinance for 0.1% sales tax to fund roads
Summary
Councilmembers favored a 0.1% sales-tax-funded transportation benefit district (TBD) over a vehicle-license fee, directing staff to return with an ordinance that would create a citywide TBD and absorb the TBD board into council oversight.
Pasco’s City Council on Feb. 2 directed staff to return with an ordinance to form a transportation benefit district funded initially by a 0.1% sales tax and to consider consolidating the TBD board’s duties into the council.
Deputy City Manager Seagdale described two primary revenue options: a phased vehicle-license fee (commonly called car-tab fees) and a one-tenth of 1% sales-tax option. "If the city was to go this route at the $20 vehicle license fee, the revenue for the city for transportation projects would be around $1,300,000," Seagdale said, and the 0.1% sales-tax option was…
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