 The government has stopped paying for it and wants all the doses it had paid for disposed of or returned. That is causing shortages across the country. Brian Calvert, Northwest News Radio. Tomorrow, the Seattle City Council is expected to vote on that $1.55 billion transportation levy proposal. A committee has given it the green light. If the council approves, it will go to voters in the fall. And if they approve, it will cost the average homeowner roughly $215 extra per year in property taxes.