Ordinance 3764ORDINANCE NO. 3764
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY
BY INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY
BY THE CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING
AN ESTIMATED REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF
$9,383,000, EMS LEVY OF $3,911,000 AND LEVYING
$853,084 FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMPLEX, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the 2009 -2010 biennial budget on
December 2, 2008, per Ordinance 3711; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 2010
have reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and obligations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby determines following public hearing that it
is in the best interest of and necessary to meet the expenses and obligations of the City to
increase the regular property levy and EMS levy by I%; and
WHEREAS, the Snohomish County Assessor's Office has requested that all
Snohomish County Taxing Districts submit their levy certifications to the county on the State
Department of Revenue standardized form REV 64 0100; NOW, THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The limit factor for the regular levy to be collected in budget year
2010 shall be 101 % of the highest amount of regular property taxes that could have been levied
in the City in any year since 1985.
Section 2. Regular Property Tax. The 2009 regular property tax levy for
collection in 2010 is the amount levied in 2008 for collection in 2009, plus an increase of
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$92,382 which is a percentage increase of 1 %, plus an increase equal to the amount allowed by
one or more of the following; new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed
wind turbines, any increase in the value of state assessed property, any annexations that have
occurred and refunds made, for an estimated total levy of $9,383,000.
Section 3. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) property tax levy. The 2009
EMS property tax levy for collection in 2010 is the amount levied in 2008 for collection in 2009,
plus an increase of $38,546 which is a percentage increase of 1 %, plus an increase equal to the
amount allowed by one or more of the following; new construction, improvements to property,
newly constructed wind turbines, any increase in the value of state assessed property, any
annexations that have occurred and refunds made, for an estimated total levy of $3,911,000.
Section 4. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $853,084, the
purpose of which is to make debt service payments on voter approved bonds.
Section 5. The levies contained in sections 2 through 4 are subject to amendment
upon receipt of 2009 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
Section 6. Pursuant to the request by the Snohomish County Assessor's Office,
the Finance Director is hereby authorized to submit to the Snohomish County Council
certification of the hereby approved levies on the State Department of Revenue standardized
form REV 64 0100 attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 7. 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.
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Section 8. 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.
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED :
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO. 3764
APPROVED:
MAYOR GAR AAKENSON
11 -13 -2009
11 -17 -2009
11 -22 -2009
11 -27 -2009
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3764
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 17th day of November, 2009, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3764. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE
ANNUAL TAX LEVY BY INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY THE
CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING AN ESTIMATED REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $9,383,000, EMS LEVY OF $3,911,000 AND LEVYING
$853,084 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 18th day of November, 2009.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE
WASHINGTON STATE
Exhibit A — Levy Certification
Levy Certification
Submit this document to the county legislative authority on or before November 30 of the year preceding
the year in which the levy amounts are to be collected and forward a copy to the assessor.
In accordance with RCW 84.52.020, I, Lorenzo Hines Jr., Finance Director, for the City of
Edmonds, do hereby certify to the Snohomish County legislative authority that the Council of
said district requests that the following levy amounts be collected in 2010 as provided in the
district's budget, which was adopted following a public hearing on November 17, 2009.
Regular Levy: $9,383,000
Excess Levy: $853,084
EMS Levy: $3,911,000
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3764
of the City of Edmon s, as rngton
On the 17th day of November, 2009, the City Council of the City
of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3764. A summary of the con-
tent of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY BY INCREASING
THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY THE CURRENT
101% LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING AN ESTIMATED REGU-
LAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $9,383,000, EMS LEVY OF
$3,911,000 AND LEVYING $853,084 FOR VOTED INDEBTED-
NESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX; AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full tent of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 18th day of November, 2009.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: November 22, 2009.
DEC 4 3 2009
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Account Name: City of Edmonds
Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
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. 3764
Annual Tax Levy
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:
November 22, 2009
and that said newspaper was regularly distributedVq its subscribers during all of said period.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd
day of Novembe 2009
Notary Public in an f r the State , �r <�� 'g�Y�Eve it, Snohomish
County.
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