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Council updates Transportation Benefit District code to allow full statutory revenue tools
Summary
Granite Falls amended GFMC Chapter 10.85 (Ordinance No. 1080-2026) to align local TBD language with state law and authorize the city to impose vehicle license fees and a TBD sales tax as allowed by state statute.
The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1080-2026 on July 15 to amend Chapter 10.85 of the Granite Falls Municipal Code, updating language that described the city's Transportation Benefit District authorities. City Manager Jeff Balentine explained the amendment will align the code with current state law so the city's code expressly references the full range of available statutory TBD revenue tools rather than relying on the decade-old local language.
"The City of Granite Falls has had the $20 TBD vehicle fee in place since 2016, generating about $77,557 annually, and the City's transportation preservation and street funding needs now exceed what the decade-old fee structure can support on its own," City Manager Jeff Balentine said. The council voted unanimously to adopt the code change, establishing the legal foundation for potential future increases or use of additional TBD revenue mechanisms as allowed under RCW 82.80.140 and RCW 82.14.0455.
The ordinance text amends Section 10.85.030 GFMC to authorize the city to impose the vehicle license fee in amounts allowed by state law and to impose a TBD sales and use tax if the council later adopts that revenue tool.
