Ordinance 3708ORDINANCE NO. 3708
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY
BY INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY
BY THE CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING
AN ESTIMATED REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF
$9,265,000, BY RESTORING THE EMS LEVY TO $0.50 PER
$1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUATION, THEREBY LEVYING
AN EMS LEVY OF $3,865,000 AND LEVYING $839,084 FOR
VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMPLEX, 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 October 21, 2008, to consider the City's current expense
budget for 2009, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 2009
have reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and obligations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby determines following public hearing that it
is in the best interest of and necessary to meet the expenses and obligations of the City to
increase the regular property levy by 1 %, and to restore the EMS levy to $0.50 per $1,000 of the
assessed value of property as approved by voters at the Special Election held on May 20, 2008
and certified by the County Canvassing Board; and
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:
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Section 1. The limit factor for the regular levy to be collected in budget year
2009 shall be 101% of the highest amount of regular property taxes that could have been levied
in the City in any year since 1985.
Section 2. The 2008 regular property tax levy for collection in 2009 is the amount
levied in 2007 for collection in 2008, plus an increase of $90,461 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 $9,265,000.
Section 3. There shall be and is hereby levied for the 2008 Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) property tax levy for collection in 2009 current taxes of $3,865,000 which is
$0.50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation levied on property with an estimated assessed
valuation in 2008 of $7,713,702,675 of all said taxable property, the purpose of which is to fund
the provision of emergency medical care and services. This levy is subject to amendment upon
receipt of 2008 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
Section 4. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $839,084, 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 2008 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
Section 6. Pursuant to the request by the Snohomish County Assessor's Office,
the Finance 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. 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,
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such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 8. Effective Date. 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:
CITY 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.
APPROVED:
MAYO , GA HAAKENSON
11/14/2008
11/18/2008
11/23/2008
11/28/2008
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3708
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 18th day of November, 2008, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3708. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE
ANNUAL TAX LEVY BY INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY THE
CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING AN ESTIMATED REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $9,265,000, BY RESTORING THE EMS LEVY TO $0.50 PER
$1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUATION, THEREBY LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $3,865,000
AND LEVYING $839,084 FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMPLEX, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 19th day of November, 2008.
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ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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WASHINGTON STATE
Exhibit A — Levy Certification
Levy Certification
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, Kathleen Junglov, Finance Director, for the City of
Edmonds, do hereby certify to the Snohomish County legislative authority that the Council of
said district requests that the following levy amounts be collected in 2009 as provided in the
district's budget, which was adopted following a public hearing on October 21, 2008.
Regular Levy: $9,265,000
Excess Levy: $839,084
EMS Levy: $3,865,000
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH } S.S.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: November 23, 2008.
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DEC 0 8 2008
ED ONDS CITY CLERK
Account Name: City of Edmonds
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. 3708
Providing for the Annual Tax Levy
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, 2008
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period
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