Ordinance 28400006.030.052
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06/07/91
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ORDINANCE NO. 2840
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
IMPOSING A REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR EACH OF
THE YEARS 1991 THROUGH 1996 AND COLLECTED IN THE
YEARS 1992 THROUGH 1997 IN AN AMOUNT AND WITH
SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL INCREASES IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT
TO BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND LIMITED
BY RCW CHAPTER 84.52; EACH LEVY SHALL NOT EXCEED
THE RATE OF $.50 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 ANNUAL LEVIES
SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE
AS PROVIDED BY STATE LAW; 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 NOVEMBER 5,
1991, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE.
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 $.50 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
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WHEREAS, the level of funding needed to adequately
provide emergency medical care and services to the citizens of
the City of Edmonds for each of the six consecutive years 1991
through 1996 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 1991 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, the Council desires to establish the precise
amount of the 1991 levy to be collected in 1992 as a part of its
regular budget process and to notify appropriate Snohomish County
officials in due course in accordance with state law, and
WHEREAS, it is in the intent of the City Council of the
City of Edmonds to seek voter approval for a levy for the year
1991 to be collected in 1992 and of a levy for each of the years
1992 through 1996 to be collected in the year following each of
said years, the dollar amount and subsequent increases of the
levies to be 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 $.50 per One Thousand Dollars of the then current
assessed value of all property within the City, now, there
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
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the Auditor of Snohomish County as ex officia supervisor of
elections for such County is hereby requested to find and declare
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, Washington, in
the manner provided by law to be held therein on November 5,
1991, in conjunction with the general election to be held on the
same day and at those hours established by statute 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 1991 to be collected in 1992 and to be assessed in
each of the years 1992 through 1996 and to be collected in the
years 1993 through 1997, the dollar amount of said subsequent
levies to be determined by the amount of funds needed to
adequately provide for emergency medical care and services,
limited by RCW 8.52 and not to exceed $.50 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. The amount of the 1991 levy to be
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collected in 1992 and all subsequent levies shall be established
as a part of the annual budget process with notice of the levy to
be provided to the Snohomish Auditor at the time and in the
manner required by state law.
Section 2. The ballot title for the aforesaid
proposition shall be as follows:
PROPOSITION
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - SIX YEAR LEVY
Shall the City of Edmonds be authorized to impose
regular property tax levies of $.50 or less per
One Thousand Dollars of assessed valuation for
each of six consecutive years?
YES
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 September 20, 1991.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect five (5) days after passage and publication by posting as
provided by law.
APPROVED:
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CIT CLERK, JACQUELINE G. PARRETT
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: June 28, 1991
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: July 2, 1991
PUBLISHED: July 7, 1991
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 12, 1991
ORDINANCE NO. 2840
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the
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOIKISH,
possed
LEVY SHALL
THE RATE OF
HELD ON NOVEMBER 5 1991
IN CONJUNCTION WIT F� TH�
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE
FEEL➢ ON THE SAME DATE.
The full text of thfa Ordinance
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DATED this 2nd day of July,
1991,
JACOUELINE G.PARRETT
City Clerk
Published: July 7, 1991. .
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. 2840
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:
July 7, 1991
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
during all of said period.
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