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Federal Way committee moves sales-tax ordinance forward to pursue public-safety grant
Summary
The Parks, Recreation, Human Services & Public Safety Committee voted to forward an ordinance for a 0.1% local criminal-justice sales tax to first reading after a staff presentation that the city has applied for $5.1 million from a $100 million statewide HB 2015 grant and that the tax could raise an estimated $2.5–3.0 million annually.
The Federal Way Parks, Recreation, Human Services & Public Safety Committee voted March 10 to forward to the full council an ordinance that would enact a 0.1% local sales tax for public safety and criminal-justice purposes and position the city to seek one-time grant funding from House Bill 2015.
Brian Davis, who presented the agenda items, told the committee the city has applied for “just over $5,000,000” from the $100,000,000 statewide grant pot established by the Legislature and explained that the council retains the choice to adopt the local 0.1% sales tax. Davis said the city’s estimate is that the tax would produce roughly $2.5 million to $3.0 million a year if…
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