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Section I — Sales and Use Tax Funds Current Washington State law authorizes the legislative authority of a rural county to impose a sale and use tax in accordance with the terms of chapter 82, Revised Code of Washington (RCW). In Kittitas County, according to RCW 82.14.370, the rate of the tax shall not exceed .09 percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax or the value of the article used in the case of a use tax. The tax imposed is deducted from the amount of tax otherwise required to be collected or paid over to the department of revenue under chapter 82.08 or 82.12 RCW. Kittitas County has authorized this tax and compiles the funds annually for distribution throughout the county to qualifying organizations in the form of reimbursable grants. Most applications are considered during an annual grant application process. In some cases, applications may be considered outside of the regularly -scheduled annual process. For consideration during the annual grant process, applications must be completed in full and submitted by the 5:00 PM due date on the application materials to the Department of Public Works. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered. Applications may not be changed or amended by the applicant after the deadline for submission. Permissible Uses According to Law Funds awarded as reimbursable grants under this process may be used for the following: To finance public facilities serving economic development purposes. 2. To finance personnel in economic development offices. According to RCW 82.14.370, in order to qualify for financing the public facility must be listed as an item in the officially adopted county overall economic development plan, or the economic development section of the county's comprehensive plan, or the comprehensive plan of a city or town located within the county. -'Public facilities" means bridges, roads, domestic and industrial water facilities, sanitary sewer facilities, earth stabilization, storm sewer facilities, railroad, electricity, natural gas, buildings, structures, telecommunications infrastructure, and port facilities in the state of Washington. "Economic development purposes" means those purposes which facilitate the creation or retention of businesses and jobs in a county. "Economic development office" means an office of a county, port districts, or an associate development organization as defined in RCW 43.330.010 which promotes economic development purposes within the county.