Resolution 1525RESOLUTION NO. 1525
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, INCREASING THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE AUTHORIZED
BY RCW 82.80.140 FROM TWENTY DOLLARS TO FORTY DOLLARS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 4053, the City of Edmonds assumed all the powers of the
transportation benefit district that it created in 2008; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.73.065, a transportation benefit district that includes all the
territory within the boundaries of the jurisdiction establishing the district may impose by a
majority vote of the governing board of the district up to $40 of the vehicle fee authorized in
RCW 82.80.140 if a vehicle fee of $20 has been imposed for at least 24 months; and
WHEREAS, a city having assumed a district can do the same thing by a majority vote of its city
council; and
WHEREAS, the $20 vehicle license fee has been imposed since 2009; and
WHEREAS, the city council would now like to increase the vehicle license fee from $20 to $40;
now therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
RESOL YES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The vehicle fee authorized in RCW 82.80.140 is hereby increased from twenty dollars
($20) to forty dollars ($40).
Section 2. The fee increase in Section 1, above, shall take effect as soon as it can be
implemented by the Department of Licensing.
RESOLVED this 18 th day of July, 2023.
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
RESOLUTION NO.
CITY OF EDMONDS
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R , MIKE NELSON
July 14, 2023
July 18, 2023
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