Ordinance 28610006.030.051
MHD/srh/klt
01/02/91
ORDINANCE NO. 2861
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, IMPOSING A REGULAR PROPERTY TAX
LEVY FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1992 THROUGH 1997
TO BE COLLECTED IN 1993 THROUGH 1998 WITH
SPECIFIC LEVY AMOUNTS TO BE LIMITED BY RCW
CHAPTER 84.52 AND ESTABLISHED IN THE ANNUAL
BUDGET PROCESS; EACH LEVY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
RATE OF $.45 PER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE
THEN CURRENT ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY
WITHIN THE CITY, PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY GRANTED
BY RCW SECTION 84.52.069; THE REVENUES OF SAID
LEVIES TO BE USED FOR THE PROVISIONS OF
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES, ALL SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE PROPOSITION FOR SAID
SIX YEAR LEVY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND
SERVICES TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY
AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 10,
1992 BY MAIL BALLOT PURSUANT TO RCW 29.36.120,
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN
THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the Washington State legislature by virtue of
RCW Section 84.52.069 has authorized cities to impose an additional
property tax levy of up to $.45 per One Thousand Dollars of
assessed valuation to provide emergency medical care and emergency
medical services in each year for six consecutive years; and
WHEREAS, assuring a constant source of funds to provide
such emergency medical care and services will ensure continuous
provision of emergency medical care and services and thus be in the
best interest of the public health, safety and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, the level of funding needed to adequately
provide emergency medical care and services to the citizens of the
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City of Edmonds for each of the six consecutive years of 1992
through 1997 cannot be precisely determined due to the changing
economic needs and demands of the City and the County; and
WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of all property within
the City for 1992 has not yet been certified to the City by the
Snohomish County Assessor, and it is impossible to precisely
project figures for assessed valuation for future years; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council of the City
of Edmonds to seek voter approval for a levy for each of the years
1992 through 1997 to be collected in the year following each of
said years, the amount of the 1992 levy and the dollar increases of
the levies subsequent to 1992 to be determined in the annual budget
process and governed by the need for funds to provide emergency
medical care and services, limited by RCW 84.52 and not to exceed
the rate of $.45 per One Thousand Dollars of the then current
assessed value of all property within the City; and
WHEREAS, the current lack of funding for emergency
medical services constitutes a public emergency requiring immediate
submission to the voters at the earliest available election date by
mail ballot; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. It is hereby found and declared that an
emergency exists requiring the calling of a special election, and
the Auditor of Snohomish County as ex officio supervisor of
elections for such County is hereby requested to find and declare
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the existence of such an emergency. The Snohomish County Auditor
is hereby further requested to call and conduct a special election
in the City of Edmonds, Snohomish County, by mail ballot, in the
manner provided by RCW 29.36.120 to be held therein on March 10,
1992 for the purposes of submitting to the qualified electors of
the City for their approval or rejection the question of whether or
not a tax levy shall be made each year for six consecutive years,
commencing in 1992 to be collected in 1993 and to be assessed in
each of the years 1993 through 1997 and to be collected in the
years 1994 through 1998, the specific dollar amount of said levies
to be determined in the annual budget process by the City Council
when it determines the amount of funds needed to adequately provide
for emergency medical care and services, limited by RCW 8.52 and
not to exceed $.45 per One Thousand Dollars of the then current
assessed valuation of all property in the City subject to taxation,
said levies to be in addition to the regular tax levy provided by
law for cities without the vote of the electors, the proceeds
thereof to be used to pay the costs of furnishing emergency medical
care and emergency medical services, including related personnel
costs, training for such personnel and related equipment, supplies,
vehicles and structures needed for the provision of emergency
medical care and emergency medical services. This request for a
mail ballot is exclusive; the Auditor is not requesting to conduct
an election at the polls in conjunction with any other ballot
measure.
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Section 2. The ballot title for the aforementioned
proposition shall be as follows:
PROPOSITION
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - SIX YEAR LEVY
To continue to fund the present 24 hour
transport aid car and Medic 7 advanced life
support programs, shall up to $. 45 per One
Thousand Dollars of assessed valuation in
excess property tax be levied by the City of
Edmonds pursuant to RCW 84.52.069?
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NO ' '
Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to furnish to the Snohomish County Auditor a certified
copy of this Ordinance on or before January 10, 1992.
Section 4. The current lack of funding for emergency
medical services is a public health emergency that requires
immediate submission to the voters at the earliest available
election date by mail ballot. The City Council hereby declares
that an emergency exists necessitating that this ordinance take
effect immediately upon passage by unanimous vote of the members of
the City Council.
APPROVED:
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
TY CLERK, ONDA J. MARCH
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILEb- WITH THE CI CLERK: January 3, 1992
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: January 7, 1992
PUBLISHED: January 11, 1992
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 7, 1992
ORDINANCE NO. 2861
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 2861
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 7th day of January , 199 2, the City Council of
the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 286I A summary
of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides
as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, IMPOSING A REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1992 THROUGH 1997 TO BE
COLLECTED IN 1993 THROUGH 1998 WITH SPECIFIC LEVY AMOUNTS TO BE
LIMITED BY RCW CHAPTER 84.52 AND ESTABLISHED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET
PROCESS; EACH LEVY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RATE OF $.45 PER ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE THEN CURRENT ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY
WITHIN THE CITY, PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY GRANTED BY RCW SECTION
84.52.069; THE REVENUES OF SAID LEVIES TO BE USED FOR THE
PROVISIONS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES, ALL SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE
CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE PROPOSITION FOR SAID
SIX YEAR LEVY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND SERVICES TO THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
MARCH 10, 1992 BY MAIL BALLOT PURSUANT TO RCW 29.36.120, DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
request.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon
DATED this 7th day of January , 1992.
C TY CLERK, RYTONDA J. MARCH
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHO1vISH, ss
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JAN 46 1992
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE ' The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
NO. 2861 of the City of
Edmonds, Washington that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
on the 7th day. of January,
199E the City Council of the City
ofEdpublished in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
monds; passed Ordinance printed and
No. 2861, A summary of the
content of consisting of the title, provides and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
as; TO owe: general circulation in said Count and State; that said newspaper
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY y
OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
IMPOSING A REGULAf{
PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR
EACH OF THE YEARS 1992
THROUGH 1997_ _T0_.,8E Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ........................................
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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:
J anuary... l.l.r.. 1.9-9 ........................
TIMEWHEN THE SAME SHALL ................................................................................................................. .....................
BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordnance and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
will be mailed upon request,
DATED this 7th day of
January 1992. duringyall--of said period.
RHdNDA J. MARCH
City Clerk f
j Published_ January 11, 1992.
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�Princ ip al Clerk
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ............................
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Not- y ublie i and or the State of Washington,
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