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ORDINANCE NO. 4744
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
TAX FUND AND CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 3.260, “PUBLIC SAFETY
TAX FUND”, IN THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the residents of Pasco approved ballot measure Proposition No. 1 during the
2011 General Election imposing a sales and use tax rate of three-tenths of one percent (0.003) for
thirty years to improve public safety; and
WHEREAS, the revenues and expenditures related to the public safety tax have been
recorded in the City’s General Fund, thus far. The City desires to establish a dedicated special
revenue fund to record collection of Criminal Justice and Public Safety sales and use tax along
with related expenditures in a transparent and accountable manner.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby incorporate the above “Whereas” recitals as
findings in support of this Ordinance.
Section 2. That a new Chapter 3.260 entitled “Public Safety Tax Fund” of the Pasco
Municipal Code, which establishes the fund for the purpose of collecting Criminal Justice and
Public Safety sales and use tax funds and record expenditures for public safety purposes in a
transparent and accountable manner, shall be and hereby is created and shall read as follows:
Chapter 3.260
PUBLIC SAFETY TAX FUND
Sections:
3.260.010 Created.
3.260.020 Purpose.
3.260.010 Created.
There is established a fund to be called the Public Safety Tax Fund. The fund shall
collect sales and use tax funds. All interest that is attributable to money in the fund
shall be deposited and credited to the fund.
3.260.020 Purpose.
The purpose for the fund is to accumulate Public Safety tax revenue and related
expenses in a standalone fund to ensure funds are used as approved by voters. Funds
may be used as follows:
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(1) Improve public safety, including criminal gang suppression; and
(2) Expand, operate, and maintain Pasco Municipal Courts; and
(3) Support of other criminal justice and public safety purposes.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this Ordinance should be held to the invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause phrase or word of this
Ordinance.
Section 4. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code
reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance, including scrivener’s errors
or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect five (5) days
after approval, passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, on this 18th day of
November, 2024.
_____________________________
Pete Serrano
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Debra Barham, MMC Kerr Ferguson Law, PLLC
City Clerk City Attorneys
Published: November 24, 2024