KENT, Wash. – Leaders of the City of Kent will be asking state lawmakers to give them authority to increase a local sales tax to hire more police officers.<\/p>\n
In the city\u2019s only proposal for the 2024 legislative session, the bill would allow city council the option to impose a .3% sales tax to fund public safety. This equates to three cents for every $10.<\/p>\n
“This is pennies, and it will have a significant impact,” said Kent mayor Dana Ralph. “On $10, that three cents gives us the ability to hire upwards of 30 to 35 police officers. So, it really is a small amount to provide our community with some pretty significant resources.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KENT, Wash. – Leaders of the City of Kent will be asking state lawmakers to give them authority to increase a local sales tax to hire more police officers. In the city\u2019s only proposal for the 2024 legislative session, the bill would allow city council the option to impose a .3% sales tax to fund public safety. This equates to three cents for every $10. “This is pennies, and it will have a significant impact,” said Kent mayor Dana Ralph. “On $10, that three cents gives us the ability to hire upwards of 30 to 35 police officers. So, it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":3345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\n