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Council adopts ordinance C-1070 to create Affordable Housing Sales Tax Fund; staff to track roughly $66,000 collected to date
Summary
On second reading the council adopted Ordinance C-1070 to create an Affordable Housing Sales Tax Fund (not a new tax) to account for sales-tax proceeds for affordable and supportive housing; staff reported about $66,000 collected 2020–2025 YTD. The ordinance passed 5–1.
The council conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance C-1070 to rename a chapter of the municipal code and create an Affordable Housing Sales Tax Fund. The measure is not an additional local sales tax but a local accounting mechanism for a portion of state-collected sales tax designated for affordable and supportive housing within the city.
Clerk (reading) and staff reported that since adoption in 2020 the city has collected roughly $66,000 through 2025 YTD that was previously held in current expense funds; the ordinance creates a separate fund so staff and council can track and approve expenditures for affordable housing projects within city limits.
The council voted 5–1 to adopt the ordinance on second reading.
