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Assembly rejects proposed first‑reading increase to single‑item sales tax cap
Summary
After public comment from business owners and residents, the assembly debated amendments to raise the single‑item sales tax cap; amendments to remove CPI indexing and to lower a proposed $6,000 cap to $4,000 passed, but the final amended ordinance failed on first reading.
The assembly considered ordinance 2101, which would have increased the single‑item sales tax exemption from $2,000 to $6,000 and exempted some residential construction services. Multiple public commenters, including local retailers and small‑business owners, urged the assembly to reject the increase, saying it would push high‑end sales onto cruise ships or out of town and would harm shore‑side merchants.
Assemblymember Arntzen moved to introduce the ordinance.…
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