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Ordinance 31610006.050.196 WSS /ldh /gjz /srf 07/17/97 R:07/ 18 /97gjz R:09 /02 /97gjz ORDINANCE NO. 3161 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, IMPOSING A REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1997 THROUGH 2002 TO BE COLLECTED IN 1998 THROUGH 2003 WITH SPECIFIC LEVY AMOUNTS TO BE LIMITED BY CHAPTER 84.52 RCW AND ESTABLISHED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS; 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 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 CONTINGENT 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 4, 1997, 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 a maximum of $.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 171821 -1- 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 of 1998 through 2002 cannot be precisely determined due to (1) the changing economic needs and demands of the City and other Medic 7 participants; (2) the ever increasing cost of providing emergency medical services indicates that upcoming shortfalls are both probable and predictable; and (3) changes in the make -up of Medic 7, including but not limited to the withdrawal of a key member such as Snohomish County Fire District 1 /11 would result in severe funding deficits necessitating program changes far in excess of those which could be covered by existing EMS levy proceeds; and WHEREAS, only the Washington State Legislative can address the levy rate maximum established by statute in order to provide a stable source of funding for emergency services from levy proceeds alone; and WHEREAS, the assessed valuation of all property within the City for 1998 and future years 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 1997 through 2002 to be collected in the year following each of said years, the amount of the 1997 levy and the dollar increases of the levies subsequent to 1997 to be determined in the annual budget process and governed by the need for funds to provide emergency medical care and services, limited by chapter 84.52 RCW and not to exceed the rate of $.50 per One Thousand Dollars of the then current assessed value of all property within the City; and 171821 -2- WHEREAS, the required super majority is difficult to achieve at a primary election and the City Council therefore deems it appropriate to call for a contingent election for the November general election date; 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 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, to be held therein on November 4, 1997 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 1997 to be collected in 1998 and to be assessed in each of the years 1998 through 2002 and to be collected in the years 1999 through 2002, 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 chapter 84.52 RCW 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 Auditor has been requested to conduct an 171821 -3- election at the polls in conjunction with the September Primary Election. The Snohomish County Auditor is requested, contingent on the failure of the September ballot issue to pass, to place the matter on the November General Election ballot for November 4, 1997. Section 2. The ballot title for the aforementioned proposition shall be as follows: PROPOSITION EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES — SIX -YEAR LEVY To continue to assist in the funding of the present 24 -hour basic life support and Medic 7 basic advanced life support programs shall up to $.50 per One Thousand Dollars of assessed valuation in regular property tax be levied by the City of Edmonds pursuant to RCW 84.52.069 for each of six consecutive years starting in 1997? YES ❑ NO ❑ Section 3. 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 4. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi- cally 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. APPROVED: MAYOR, BARBARA 171821 -4- ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED: CI Y CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF THEY ATTORNEY: I: 1 FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 09/05/97 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 09/09/97 PUBLISHED: 09/14/97 EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/19/97 ORDINANCE NO. 171821 -5- SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3161 of the City of Edmonds, Washington On the 9th day of September , 199 7 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3161 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 1997 THROUGH 2002 TO BE COLLECTED IN 1998 THROUGH 2003 WITH SPECIFIC LEVY AMOUNTS TO BE LIMITED BY CHAPTER 84.52 RCW AND ESTABLISHED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS; 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 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 CONTINGENT 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 4, 1997, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request. DATED this 10th day of September , 199 7 CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE RCW 84.52.069 Six -year regular tax levies for emergency medical care and services. (1) As used in this section, "taxing district" means a county, emergency medical service district, city or town, public hospital district, urban emergency medical service district, or fire protection district. (2) A taxing district may impose additional regular property tax levies in an amount equal to fifty cents or less per thousand dollars of the assessed value of property in the taxing district in each year for six consecutive years when specifically authorized so to do by a majority of at least three -fifths of the registered voters thereof approving a proposition authorizing the levies submitted at a general or special election, at which election the number of persons voting "yes" on the proposition shall constitute three -fifths of a number equal to forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district at the last preceding general election when the number of registered voters voting on the proposition does not exceed forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district in the last preceding general election; or by a majority of at least three -fifths of the registered voters thereof voting on the proposition when the number of registered voters voting on the proposition exceeds forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district in the last preceding general election. Ballot propositions shall conform with RCW 29.30.111. (3) Any tax imposed under this section shall be used only for the provision of emergency medical care or 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 or emergency medical services. (4) If a county levies a tax under this section, no taxing district within the county may levy a tax under this section. No other taxing district may levy a tax under this section if another taxing district has levied a tax under this section within its boundaries: PROVIDED, That if a county levies less than fifty cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of property, then any other taxing district may levy a tax under this section equal to the difference between the rate of the levy by the county and fifty cents: PROVIDED FURTHER, That if a taxing district within a county levies this tax, and the voters of the county subsequently approve a levying of this tax, then the amount of the taxing district levy within the county shall be reduced, when the combined levies exceed fifty cents. Whenever a tax is levied county -wide, the service shall, insofar as is feasible, be provided throughout the county: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no county -wide levy proposal may be placed on the ballot without the approval of the legislative authority of each city exceeding fifty thousand population within the county: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section and RCW 36.32.480 shall not prohibit any city or town from levying an annual excess levy to fund emergency medical services: AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, That if a county proposes to impose tax levies under this section, no other ballot proposition authorizing tax levies under this section by another taxing district in the county may be placed before the voters at the same election at which the county ballot proposition is placed: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That any taxing district emergency medical service levy that is authorized subsequent to a county emergency medical service levy, shall expire concurrently with the county emergency medical service levy. (5) The limitations in RCW 84.52.043 shall not apply to the tax levy authorized in this section. (6) The limitation in RCW 84.55.0 10 shall not apply to the first levy imposed pursuant to this section following the approval of such levy by the voters pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. [1995 c 318 § 9; 1994 c 79 § 2; 1993 c 337 § 5; 1991 c 175 § 1; 1985 c 348 § 1; 1984 c 131 § 5; 1979 ex.s. c 200 § 1.] - NOTES: Effective date - -1995 c 318: See note following RCW 82.04.030. Finding -4993 c 337: See note following RCW 84.52.105. Page [ 1 ] 9/22/97 Filed with City Clerk: 171S If ' Adopted by Reference Ordinance # 316 / on ?�� City Clerk STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ss COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH, J} 3161 I sum - d said of the .Ths�,full text of this Ordi- nanoe,, will be mailed upon I TE re ue t. DAD this 10th day of t iptember 1997. Ciety C 8A`kS. CHASE ?Olshed: September 14, 1997. 8 -2 -1 RECEIVED SEP 18 1997 Affidavit of Publication EDMONDS CITY of EPI' 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. 3161 .. ............................... ...... ....................................................... ........................ • - - - - -- ....................................................................................................... .............. •--- •--- ......... 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: September 14, 1997 an tha sa'd newspaper was regular y distributed to subscribers during 1 of said period. ............................... ................. .... L Principal Clerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this ........ lSth September dayof ..................: ,........... ............ 19......... ........... ...... °: .........`.. , .............. Notary Public iri and for th to of +� ashing residing at Everett, S oo S Co 0 T LO PUBOO fl -y 19 -98 A or 5 Sto WA