The Renton City Council is considering an additional sales tax to better support public safety, as allowed by recently passed state law.

As a strategy to meet the needs of a growing Renton, Eric Perry, the city’s government affairs manager, presented the possibility of the city imposing a 0.1 percent sales tax at the Aug. 4 committee of the whole meeting.

House Bill 2015, passed earlier this year, allows city councils to enact a tax for “criminal justice purposes.” Renton would qualify to implement a sales tax because King County has already imposed a qualifying criminal justice or public safety sales tax. In addition, Renton voters have not rejected the imposition of a qualifying sales tax within the past 12 months.

The police department also has to meet a number of compliance standar

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