The Bremerton City Council has raised the idea of increasing the car tab fee city drivers pay, a potential source of revenue to pay for more neighborhood street repairs as the city deals with a tightening budget.

The fee's potential increase from $20, which does not have a date set for any potential action at this point, was raised in a Sept. 10 council study session. Councilmember Jane Rebelowski, a member of the city's public works committee, raised the concept. She said an additional $600,000 could be directed toward streets and possibly hire two employees to more efficiently accomplish needed work. Adding employees could allow the streets to deploy two daily crews to job sites, which would offer efficiency, decrease overtime or contracting out work at a higher rate.

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