Ordinance 31670006.030.052
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11/12/97
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ORDINANCE NO. 3167
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, MAKING CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS, INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX
LEVY FOR 1998 BY 106% ABOVE THE RATE OF
INFLATION, LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $.50 PER $1000
OF ASSESSED VALUATION, LEVYING $.19203 PER $1000
OF ASSESSED VALUATION FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS
FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City Council and the City of Edmonds have properly given notice
of the public hearing held on November 18, 1997, to consider the City's current expense budget
for the 1998 calendar year, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 1998
have reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and obligations; and
WHEREAS, in 1997 the City levied $7,186,340 in total for collection, consisting
of $5,321,300 for the general levy; $676,340 for debt service on outstanding voted indebtedness
for the Public Safety Complex and an EMS levy of $1,188,700; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that due to the increasing costs of
providing services within the City which are over and above the current rate of inflation, the
City Council finds that there is a substantial need to increase the regular property tax limit factor
above the rate of inflation to 106 percent; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council, after such hearing have determined that it is in the
best interest of and necessary to meet the expenses and obligation of the City for the property
tax revenue to be increased by 106 percent in the next calendar year; NOW, THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The limit factor for the regular levy for the calendar year 1998 shall
be 106 percent of the highest amount of regular property taxes that could have been levied in
the City in any year since 1985.
Section 2. The 1997 property tax levy for collection in 1998 is $5,321,300 (the
amount levied in 1996 for collection in 1997), plus an increase of $319,273 which is a
percentage increase of 106 percent, plus an increase equal to the amount allowed under the new
construction provisions of RCW 84.55.010 for an estimated total of $5,683,000.
Section 3. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $1,343,000 which
is $.50 cents per $1000 of assessed valuation levied on property with an estimated assessed
valuation in 1987 of $2,641,482,032 of all said taxable property, the purpose of which is to fund
the provision of emergency medical care and services. This levy is subject to amendment upon
receipt-of 1997 -98 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
Section 4. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $507,250 which
is $.19203 cents per $1000 of assessed valuation levied on property with an estimated assessed
valuation in 1987 of $2,641,482,032 of all said taxable property, the purpose of which is to fund
the construction of a new public safety complex pursuant to voter authorization. This levy is
subject to amendment upon receipt of 1997 -98 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
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Section 5. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power
specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take
effect five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of
the title. It is enacted on a vote of a majority plus one of the City Council.
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MAYOR, BARBARA S. FAHEY
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED :
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 11/21/97
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 11/25/97
PUBLISHED: 12/01/97
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/06/97
ORDINANCE NO. 3167
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RCW 84.55.120 Public hearing -- Taxing district's revenue sources.
A taxing district, other than the state, that collects regular levies shall hold a public hearing on
revenue sources for the district's following year's current expense budget. The hearing must
include consideration of possible increases in property tax revenues and shall be held prior to the
time the taxing district levies the taxes or makes the request to have the taxes levied. The county
legislative authority, or the taxing district's governing body if the district is a city, town, or other
type of district, shall hold the hearing. For purposes of this section, "current expense budget"
means that budget which is primarily funded by taxes and charges and reflects the provision of
ongoing services. It does not mean the capital, enterprise, or special assessment budgets of cities,
towns, counties, or special purpose districts.
If the taxing district is otherwise required to hold a public hearing on its proposed regular
tax levy, a single public hearing may be held on this matter. [1995 c 251 § l.]
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RCW 84.55.010 Limitations prescribed.
Except as provided in this chapter, the levy for a taxing district in any year shall be set so that the
regular property taxes payable in the following year shall not exceed one hundred six percent of
the amount of regular property taxes lawfully levied for such district in the highest of the three
most recent years in which such taxes were levied for such district plus an additional dollar
amount calculated by multiplying the increase in assessed value in that district resulting from
new construction, improvements to property, and any increase in the assessed value of
state - assessed property by.the regular property tax levy rate of that district for the preceding year.
[1979 ex.s. c 218 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 67 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 288 § 20.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Throughout chapter 84.55 RCW the phrase "this 1971 amendatory act" has been changed
to "this chapter." "This 1971 amendatory act" [1971 ex.s. c 288] consists of this chapter and RCW 36.21.015,
36.29.015, 84.04.140, 84.10.010, 84.36.370, 84.36.380, 84.40.030, 84.40.0301, 84.40.045, 84.41.030, 84.41.040,
84.48.080, 84.48.085, 84.48.140, 84.52.052, 84.56.020, and 84.69.020, and the repeal of RCW 84.36.128,
84.36.129, and 84.54.010.
Effective date -- Applicability- -1979 ex.s. c 218: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall
take effect immediately: PROVIDED, That the amendment to RCW 84.55.010 by section 2 of this act shall be
effective for 1979 levies for taxes collected in 1980, and for subsequent years." [1979 ex.s. c 218 § 8.] The
effective date of 1979 ex.s. c 218 is June 4, 1979.
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3167
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 25 day of November-, 1997, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3167 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, MAKING CERTAIN
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS, INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR
1998 BY 106 % ABOVE THE RATE OF INFLATION, LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $.50
PER $1000 OF ASSESSED VALUATION, LEVYING $.19203 PER $1000 OF ASSESSED
VALUATION FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX,
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 26th. day of November , 199 7
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH,
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Edmonds Washington
On the 2511k day of Novem-
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dinance No. 3167. A sum -
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DATesED .this 26th day of
November §ANDRA S. CHASE
City Clerk
Publishec!98ecember 1, 1997.
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Affidavit of Publication
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily . newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ......... ...............................
Summary of Ordinance No. 3167
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published. in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
December. 1, 1997
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