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l{iffitas County <br />Distressed County Sales and Use Tax Grant Application, <br />Guidelines & Instructions for <br />Economic Development Office Personnel <br />Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2019 <br />Return completed application by 5:00 PM <br />Return To: <br />Kittitas County Department of Public Works <br />411 North Ruby Street, Suite #1 <br />Ellensburg, Washington 98926 <br />The Kittitas County Public Facilities Fund solicits applications from various entities within the Collllty. To <br />assist applicants completing successful grant applications_, the Council of Governments has created policies <br />that are available to all applicants upon request These policies reside within the Public Works Depamnent <br />(509) 962-7523. <br />Section I -Sales and Use Tta Funds <br />Cun-ent W asbington State law authorizes the legislative authority of a rural county to impose a sales and use <br />tax in accordance with the terms of chapter 82, Revised Code of Washington (R.CW). In Kittitas County, <br />according to RCW 82.14.370, the rate of the t.ax shall not exceed .09 percent of the selling price in the case <br />of a sales tax or the value of the article used in the case of a use tax. The t.ax imposed is deducted from the <br />amount oft.ax otherwise required to be collected or paid over to the department of revenue under chapter <br />82.08 or 82.12 RCW. <br />Kittitas County bas authorized this tax and compiles the funds annually for distribution throughout the <br />county to qualifying organizations in the form of reimbursable grants. Most applications are considered <br />during an annual grant application process. In some cases, applications may be considered outside of the <br />regularly-scheduled annual process. <br />For consideration during the annual grant process, applications must be completed in full and submitted by <br />the 5:00 PM due date on the application materials to the Department of Public Wmks. Incomplete and/or late <br />applications will not be considered. Applications may not be changed or amended by the applicant after the <br />deadline for submission.