Resolution 1200Resolution No. 1200
A RESOLUTION OF THE EDMONDS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE 2009 PROPERTY TAX LEVY
Whereas, the City Council adopted the 2009 Levy Timeline in February to provide a roadmap for action and decision
leading up to the November 2009 levy, and
Whereas, the Citizens' Levy Review Committee was formed to vet the proposed levy and examine the general fiscal
situation faced by the City, and has now completed that effort, and
Whereas, the comments and recommendations made by this committee were supportive of a levy between $2m and
$4.3m, and called for specific, tangible items that could be supported by the citizens of Edmonds, like public
safety and parks, and
Whereas, the current draft proposed levy is a function of 6 months of work on the part of Council and staff, and represents
a strategy for a broad and general operations levy, and
Whereas, the two programmatic priorities of the community of Edmonds continue to be public safety and parks, and which
alternatively could be a dominant component of a second levy option, and
Whereas, it is the sense of the Council that items listed on the 2009 levy should be previous cuts or proposed cuts, should
the levy not pass, so that there is a clear trade-off and understanding about that for which citizens are voting this
November,
Now therefore be it resolved that the City Council directs staff to prepare two levy options for presentation to and
consideration by Council on June 16, 2009, and which meet the following criteria:
"General Operations Levy" Option: a refined general operations levy in the amount of $3.75m which would be
reflective of the work done to date by the Citizens' Levy Review Committee and the internal city Levy Work
Group.
"Parks, Public Safety & Families Levy" Option 2: a more specific levy in the amount of $3.75m which would have
at least 75% of the funds directed to services which support parks, public safety and families in the City of
Edmonds, to include but not be limited to:
- Funds for programs that support Edmonds families such as Yost Pool, the Senior Center, Discovery
Programs, Domestic Violence prevention programs, etc, (approx. $500,000)
- Funds for parks maintenance funds to keep open our 31 neighborhood parks threatened for closure
(approx. $800,000)
- Funds to fully staff and fully compensate our public safety employees in the police and fire
departments, as well as other departments (approx. $300,000 to public safety, with $300,000 to other
departments)
- Funds to adequately staff Edmonds Crime Prevention services (approx. $200,000)
And be it further resolved that following the presentation of these two options, the Edmonds City Council, in conjunction
with city staff be prepared to conduct 3 Open Houses for the public during the latter half of June and/or the first
half of July.
RESOLVED this 19th day of May, 2009.
APPRO D:
MA OR, Y H KENSON
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ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
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,CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 04-17-2009
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 05-19-2009
RESOLUTION NO. 1200
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