The City of Renton could receive about $1.7 million in new revenue in 2012 if voters approve a countywide, sales-tax increase in November to pay for public-safety agencies.

The Metropolitan King County Council voted Monday to place the two-tenths of a percent, sales-tax increase on the Nov. 2 ballot.

The sales-tax hike would go into effect in 2011, raising about $59 million countywide. In 2012, the first full year of the tax increase, the amount raised is estimated at about $80 million.

The county’s 39 cities will share 40 percent of the revenue, or about $23.6 million in 2011 and about $32 million in 2012.

How much money each city receives is based on population. According to King County, based on 2009, Renton’s population of 83,650 is about 5.34 percent of the county’s population. That translates into the $1.7 million. For the partial year 2011, the amount is about $1.26 million.

The law requires that cities spend one-third of the revenue on criminal-justice services.

The tax increase expires after three years if it isn’t renewed by voters. During those three years, Renton would receive roughly $4.7 million.

The county’s portion of the revenue would go solely to public safety programs, ranging from the Sheriff and Prosecutor’s Office to Public Defense and Jail Health Services.

In an earlier Renton Reporter news story, Mary Ellen Stone, executive director of the Renton-based King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, said her agency is an integral part of the county’s criminal-justice system and money from the sales-tax increase could help stabilize her agency’s funding.

Along with an increase in the sales tax, the measure would use a portion of the county’s unincorporated area levy — $9.5 million in 2011 — to fund police services in the county’s unincorporated communities.

“It’s important to remember that the council did not raise taxes today,” said Julia Patterson, Chair of the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee, in a press release Monday.

“We’re giving voters the chance to tell us if they support public safety services provided by King County and every other city in the County,” said Patterson, who represents part of Renton.