Ordinance 3574ORDINANCE NO. 3574
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, MAKING A LEGISLATIVE FINDING OF
SUBSTANTIAL NEED, INCREASING THE REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2006 BY 2.75% TO UTILIZE
PASSED BANKED LEVIES AND THE CURRENT 101% LEVY
LIMIT, LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $2,318,000, LEVYING
$764,248 FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMPLEX, INCLUDING A RECAPTURE OF 1.75%
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 November 1, 2005, to consider the City's current expense
budget for the 2006 calendar year, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 2006
have reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and obligations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby determines following public hearing that
there is a substantial need to increase the regular property tax limit factor to 2.75% to recapture
unused banked capacity and the EMS levy by I%; and
WHEREAS, the finding of substantial need is based on the need to address the
fourteen percent growth in police calls for service, since 2000, the sixty -two percent increase in
felony filings during the same period, and the seventy -one percent increase in juvenile arrests,
while overall City staffing has decreased nine percent; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after such hearing have determined that it is in the
best interest of and necessary to meet the expenses and obligations of the City for the property
tax revenue to be increased by 2.75% in the next calendar year; and
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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
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
2006 shall be 102.75% of the highest amount of regular property taxes that could have been
levied in the City in any year since 1985. This limit factor includes banked capacity available
under RCW 84.55.092.
Section 2. The 2005 regular property tax levy for collection in 2006 is the amount
levied in 2004 for collection in 2005, plus an increase of $81,280 which is a percentage increase
of 1%, plus an increase equal to the amount allowed under the new construction provisions of
RCW 84.55.010, and an increase of 1.75% or $142,240 as a recapture of the maximum lawful
levy, for an estimated total of $8,530,240.
Section 3. The 2005 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) property tax levy for
collection in 2006 is the amount levied in 2004 for collection in 2005, plus an increase of
$22,690 which is a percentage increase of 1%, plus an increase equal to the amount allowed
under the new construction provisions of RCW 84.55.010 for an estimated total of $2,318,000.
Section 4. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $764,248, 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 2005 -06 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
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Section 6. Pursuant to the request by the Snohomish County Assessor's Office,
the Administrative Services Director is hereby authorized to submit to the Snohomish County
Council certification of the hereby approved levies on the State Department of Revenue
standardized form REV 64 0100 attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance has been enacted based upon a super
majority vote of five members of the City Council as is necessary to make a finding of special
need and utilize an initial limit factor of 101 %. 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.
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO.
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APPROVED:
MAYO Y, GAROAAAKENSON
11/10/2005
11/15/2005
11/23/2005
11/28/2005
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3574
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 15th day of November, 2005, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3574. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, MAKING A
LEGISLATIVE FINDING OF SUBSTANTIAL NEED, INCREASING THE REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2006 BY 2.75% TO UTILIZE PASSED BANKED LEVIES
AND THE CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT, LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $2,318,000,
LEVYING $764,248 FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMPLEX, INCLUDING A RECAPTURE OF 1.75% AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 16th day of November, 2005.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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DEPARTMENT
of REVENUE Levy Certification
WASHING70N STATE
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, Dan Clements
Administrative Services Director
(Title)
the Snohomish
(Name)
for City of Edmonds , do hereby certify to
(District Name)
County legislative authority that the
Council
(Name of County) (Commissioners, Council, Board, etc.)
of said district requests that the following levy amounts be collected in 2006 as provided in the district's
budget, which was adopted on
Regular Levy: $8,530,240
(State the total dollar amount to be levied)
Excess Levy: $764,248
(State the total dollar amount to be levied)
EMS Levy: $2,318,000
(State the total dolkar amount to be levied)
Signature:
(Year of Collection)
November 15, 2005
(Date of Public Hearing)
Date: November 16. 2005
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STATE OF WASVJNGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHONHSH
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3574
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{ On the 15th day of November, 2005, the City Council of I
the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3574. A summa -
ry of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, pro -
vides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING-
TON, MAKING A LEGISLATIVE FINDING OF SUBSTAN-
TIAL NEED, INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY
TAX LEVY FOR 2006 BY 2.75% TO UTILIZE PASSED
BANKED LEVIES AND THE CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT,
iLEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $2,318,000, LEVYING
I $764,248 FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC
I SAFETY COMPLEX, INCLUDING A RECAPTURE OF
1.75% AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BE-
COME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 16th day of November 2005.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: November 23, 2005.
Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
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. 3574
City of Edmonds
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:
November 23, 2005
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period.
Subscribedand sworn to before me this 23rd
nr day of Novembe 2005
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