Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Amended Ordinance 26-030, imposing an additional Sales and Use Tax of one-tenth of one percent for criminal justice purposes; providing for administration of the tax; providing for implementation and an effective date; providing for notification and reporting; and adopting a new Chapter 4.140 to Snohomish County Code
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DEPARTMENT: Executive
ORIGINATOR: Kent Patton
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Kent Patton 6/26/26
PURPOSE: Approval of the Public Safety Enhancement Sales Tax (PSEST) by Snohomish County Council to impose an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for criminal justice purposes.
BACKGROUND: Snohomish County faces a structural deficit between ongoing revenues and expenditures due to population growth, state-imposed property tax limits, state-mandated responsibilities, and inflation. Snohomish County currently anticipates a deficit of up to 60 million dollars in the 2027-2028 biennium, with potential further reductions in future biennial budgets and without new and ongoing revenue, Snohomish County will be unable to sustain current criminal justice system service levels in the 2027-2028 biennium and in future biennia, negatively affecting essential criminal justice system services. Snohomish County is a qualified county under RCW 82.14.345, which allows a qualified county to authorize, by ordinance, a new sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for criminal justice purposes upon meeting certain statutory requirements in RCW 82.14.345(c) by submitting documentation to the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC).
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