Mansfield council adopts 0.1% sales-and-use tax for criminal-justice funding

The Mansfield City Council voted Jan. 14 to adopt Ordinance No. 549, imposing an additional one‑tenth of one percent (0.1%) sales-and-use tax to support criminal‑justice expenditures. Council member Jardine moved adoption and Thomas Tupling seconded; the motion carried.

The ordinance text as recorded in the meeting packet cites state enabling language (transcript references “Section 201, Chapter 350, Laws of Washington 2025”) authorizing local voter-approved or council‑adopted revenue measures for specified criminal‑justice purposes. The council did not record an effective date in the minutes; the ordinance language and administrative timing were not specified during the meeting.

Council members did not record a roll-call vote tally in the minutes beyond “motion carried.” The ordinance will become part of Mansfield Municipal Code Chapter 3.25, per the clerk's entry in the meeting minutes. Further implementation steps (notice to the state Department of Revenue, effective dates, or use-of-proceeds detail) were not included in the meeting record and remain to be published by city staff.