County passes second real estate tax
September 29th, 2004 - 5:46am
(Port Angeles) -- Clallam County Commissioners have passed a resolution enacted a second real estate excise tax.
The new ordinance will take effect in ten days and will add a second excise tax of a one quarter of one percent -- adding to the current a quarter of a percent tax on real estate sales in Clallam County.
County Commissioner Steve Tharinger says last year the additional amount would have generated about 750-thousand dollars.
Commissioners say the money collected from the tax increase could be used for road, sewer and water projects, as well as county park improvements.
However, state law will not allow the county to acquire lands for parks through the second real estate excise tax.
The county has signed a 20-thousand dollar contract with Brown and Caldwell for a feasibility study on a sewer line that would run into the Urban Growth Area east of Port Angeles.
The 2 month study will also look into the possibility of running a sewer line from Sequim into the Carlsborg area.
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