Ordinance 3820ORDINANCE NO. 3820
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
$9,535,938, AN EMS LEVY OF $3,533,529 AND LEVYING
$877,984 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 October 19, 2010, to consider the City's current expense
budget for 2011, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 2011
have reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and obligations; and
WHEREAS, the district's actual levy amount for the previous year was
$9,383,000 for regular property levy, and $3,477,741 for EMS levy, and $853,084 for debt
service payments, 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 by 1%; and keep the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) levy
at the prior year level, and
WHEREAS, the population of this district is greater than 10,000, 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
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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
2011 shall be limited to the 101%, or 100% plus inflation, which ever is lower 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 2010 regular property tax levy for
collection in 2011 is the amount levied in 2009 for collection in 2010, plus an increase of
$93,830 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 $9,535,938
Section 3. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) property tax levy. The 2010
EMS property tax levy for collection in 2011 is the amount levied in 2009 for collection in 2010,
plus an increase of $34,777 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 $3,533,529.
Section 4. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $877,984, 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 2010 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
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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.
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.
APPROVED:
MAY R, MIKE C66A
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 11/12/2010
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 11/16/2010
PUBLISHED: 11/21/2010
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/26/2010
ORDINANCE NO. 3820
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3820
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 16th day of November, 2010, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3820. 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 $9,535,938, AN EMS LEVY OF $3,533,529 AND LEVYING
$877,984 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 17th day of November, 2010.
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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 2011 as provided in the
district's 2011 Preliminary Budget, which was presented at a public hearing on October 19, 2010
and subsequent requests from council.
Regular Levy: $9,535,938
Excess Levy: $877,984
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH } S.S.
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3820
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 16th day of November, 2010, the City Council of the City
of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No 3820. 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 $9,535,938, AN EMS LEVY OF
$3,533,529 AND LEVYING $877,984 FOR VOTED INDEBTED-
NESS 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 17th day of November, 2010.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: November 21, 2010.
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Account Name: City of Edmonds
The undersigned, being first duly swom 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 Courtof Snohomish County and that the notice
Summary of Ordinance NO. 3820
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:
Novem ber 21, 2010
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period
Subscribed and "sworn to before me this 22nd
day of November, 2010
Notary Public 'n an -for the StatAf Wash
County.
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