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Liberty Lake council directs staff to prepare resolution for 0.1% public-safety sales tax amid county timing risk
Summary
City staff outlined revenue-share scenarios and timing risks if Spokane County pursues a 0.2% public-safety sales tax; council gave consensus to have staff prepare a resolution to place a city 0.1% measure on the November ballot to preserve local revenue.
Mayor Pro Tem Dan Dunn and city staff led a March 3 workshop on options for a public-safety sales tax, and the council gave staff consensus to draft a resolution to place a 0.1% city measure on the November general-election ballot.
Kyle, a city staff presenter, summarized the legal and financial context: state law allows cities and counties to submit sales-and-use-tax ballot measures dedicated to criminal-justice purposes, but the jurisdiction that places a measure on the ballot first claims priority in revenue allocation. City staff walked council members through five outcome scenarios, showing that if Liberty Lake acts first and…
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