Ordinance 4134ORDINANCE NO.4134
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY
BY CONTINUING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY AT
100% OF THE CURRENT LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING
AN ESTIMATED REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF
$10,455,577, PRESERVING FUTURE LEVY CAPACITY AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE, 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 20, 2018, to consider the City's current expense budget
for 2019, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 2019 have
reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and obligations; and
WHEREAS, the district's actual levy amount for the previous year was
$10,368,698 for regular property levy, 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 keep the
regular property levy at the prior year level; and
WHEREAS, the population of this district is greater than 10,000, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to protect the City's future levy capacity
pursuant to RCW 84.55.092; 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
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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 2019
shall be limited to the 101 %, or 100% plus inflation, whichever is lower of the highest amount of
regular property taxes that could have been levied in the City in any year since 1985.
Section 2. Regular Property Tax. The 2018 regular property tax levy for collection
in 2019 is the amount levied in 2017 for collection in 2018, plus an increase of $0 which is a
percentage increase of 0%, plus an increase equal to the amount allowed by one or more of the
following; new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbines, any
increase in the value of state assessed property, any annexations that have occurred and refunds
made, for an estimated total levy of $10,455,577.
Section 3. The levy contained in sections 2 is subject to amendment upon receipt
of 2018 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
Section 4. The City's unused general property tax levy capacity for the year 2019,
at the lesser of 101 % or 100% plus inflation as provided by RCW 84.5 5.005 (2)(c), is reserved for
future levy as provided by RCW 84.55.092.
Section 5. 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 6. 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
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or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 7. 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.
VED:
MAYOR, DAVID O. EARLING
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
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61WCLERK, SC ASSEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
JEFF TARADAY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: November 27, 2018
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: November 27, 2018
PUBLISHED: November 30, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2018
ORDINANCE NO. 4134
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4134
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 27TH Day of November, 2018, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 4134. 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 CONTINUING THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY AT 100%
OF THE CURRENT LEVY LIMIT, THEREBY LEVYING AN ESTIMATED REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $10,455,577, PRESERVING FUTURE LEVY CAPACITY AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE, AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 27TH day of November, 2018.
C CLERK, S ASSEY
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Exhibit A — Levy Certification
7FDEPGTON STATE
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, Scott James, 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 2019 as provided in the district's budget,
which was adopted following a public hearing on November 27, 2018.
Regular Levy: $10,455,577
Signatu a Date
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Everett Daily Herald
Affidavit of Publication
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County of Snohomish } ss
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representative of the Everett Daily Herald a
daily newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal
newspaper by order of the superior court in the
county in which it is published and is now and
has been for more than six months prior to the
date of the first publication of the Notice
hereinafter referred to, published in the English
language continually as a daily newspaper in
Snohomish County, Washington and is and
always has been printed in whole or part in the
Everett Daily Herald and is of general
circulation in said County, and is a legal
newspaper, in accordance with the Chapter 99
of the Laws of 1921, as amended by Chapter
213, Laws of 1941, and approved as a legal
newspaper by order of the Superior Court of
Snohomish County, State of Washington, by
order dated June 16, 1941, and that the annexed
is a true copy of EDH836257 ORD 4133-4135 as
it was published in the regular and entire issue
of said paper and not as a supplement form
thereof for a period of 1 issue(s), such
publication commencing on 11/30/2018 and
ending on 11/30/2018 and that said newspaper
was regularly distributed to its subscribers
during all of said period.
The amount of the fee for such publication is
$56.76. r
Subscribed and sworn before me on this
day of %V,
Notary Public in and for the State of
Washington.
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SCOTT PASSEY
RECEIVED
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EDMONDS CITY CLERK
AUBREY KNAPP
Notary Public
State of Washington
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July 30, 2022
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CAR ANCE NO, 413
AN DROINANCE I pF EDNIONDS.
WASHtNGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER 4.72 OF THE
EDMONDS CITY GODS RELATED TO BUSINESS
LICENSING, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
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DATED 1h15 28M dayof Npvembor, 2018
CITY CLERK. SCO T pASSF.Y
Published: November30.20ta. EOH836257
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