 The money would be focused on the opioid epidemic. Yesterday, the county council unanimously decided to put the .2% sales tax increase on the ballot. The two cents in every $10 purchase is expected to generate more than $39 million annually. County Executive Dave Summers tells the Everett Herald they've already created solutions to bring people out of crisis and added the additional revenue would build on those programs. Eric Heintz, Northwest Newsradio.