car tabs fees

The Yakima City Council voted Tuesday to not ask voters to increase car tabs to pay for city street repairs.

Yakima city Mayor Micah Cawley says he's excited about plans for the upcoming year. The mayor says 2013 will be full of challenges and opportunities. Roads are a top priority for 2013 says Cawley. He's hoping voters support a 30 dollar annual increase in car tabs to help fund the repairs...

Yakima city voters will have a chance to help the city with street repairs when a 30 dollar car tab fee proposal appears on the April 2013 ballot. The Yakima City Council Tuesday decided against a 40 dollar increase and instead changed the proposal to 30 dollars saying the city could fix more streets with the money collected...

Car tab fees have never been very popular, but Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke believes now may be the time to ask voters for the fee to pay for city street repairs. The city council will talk about putting the issue in front of voters during a study session this morning...

The Yakima City Council will meet for a study session Tuesday to talk about the possibility of putting a car tab fee on the ballot. Council members had decided against it in the past. In a recent survey, the city learned that 50 percent of residents support a car tab fee, which is why the issue is back on the table...

Residents of Wapato are a step closer to paying a little more for road improvements. A twenty dollar fee for car tabs could be added. Wapato city leaders decided the transportation benefit area and will start a detailed plan on how the money will be used to improve the streets...

Voters could be asked in November to increase car tabs $20 to pay for street repairs. Instead of placing the issue on the November ballot, the City Council decided to hold off and wait for new Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke. He wants to pose the question in a community survey before the council moves to place the question on the ballot...