2006.10.10 CC Committees Agenda PacketAGENDA
City Council Committees
Council Chambers
250 5th Avenue North, Edmonds
October 10, 2006
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - Committee Meetings
The City Council Committee meetings are work sessions for the City Council
and staff only. The meetings are open to the public but are not public hearings.
The Committees will meet in the following rooms:
Finance (Jury Room), Public Safety (Police Training Room)
1.Finance Committee
AM-630
(15
Min)
Preliminary 2007 Property Tax Ordinance
2.Public Safety Committee
AM-608
(30
Min)
Discussion of enforcement options related to barking dogs, stray
cats, and possible changes to procedures.
AM-630
Preliminary 2007 Property Tax Ordinance
City Council Committees
Date:10/10/2006
Submitted By:Kathleen Junglov, Administrative Services Time:15 Minutes
Department:Administrative Services Type:Action
Committee:Finance
Agenda Memo
Subject
Preliminary 2007 Property Tax Ordinance
Previous Council Action
None
Narrative
As part of budget adoption the City is required to adopt a property tax ordinance that provides funding for overall
City operations ($8,891,000), Emergency Medical Service ($2,402,000), and voter approved public safety bonds
($767,348).
This draft form of the ordinance would see the City’s portion of the property tax rate increase 2.64%. For planning
purposes, this draft of the ordinance utilizes the City’s remaining “banked” levy capacity ($138,677), or property tax
dollars the City could have collected in previous years, but did not.
Recommendation
Review preliminary 2007 Property Tax Ordinance and recommend approval to the full Council during budget
deliberations. Total revenue collected is approximately $12,080,348.
Revenue & Expenditures
Fiscal Impact
Attachments
Link: Prelininary 2007 Property Tax Ordinance
Form Routing/Status
Route Seq Inbox Approved By Date Status
1 Admin Services Sandy Chase 10/06/2006 08:03 AM APRV
2 City Clerk Sandy Chase 10/06/2006 08:04 AM APRV
3 Mayor Gary Haakenson 10/06/2006 08:58 AM APRV
4 Final Approval Sandy Chase 10/06/2006 09:11 AM APRV
Form Started By: Kathleen Junglov Started On: 10/05/2006 01:42 PM
Final Approval Date: 10/06/2006
ORDINANCE NO. ______
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, INCREASING THE REGULAR PROPERTY
TAX LEVY FOR 2007 BY 2.64% TO UTILIZE PASSED
BANKED LEVIES AND THE CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT,
LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF $2,402,000, LEVYING $787,348
FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMPLEX, INCLUDING A RECAPTURE OF 1.64% 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 6, 2006, to consider the City's current expense
budget for the 2007-08 biennium, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in the course of considering the budget for 2007
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 2.64% to recapture
unused banked capacity and the EMS levy by 1%; 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 2.64% in the next calendar year; 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
2007 shall be 102.64% 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 2006 regular property tax levy for collection in 2007 is the amount
levied in 2005 for collection in 2006, plus an increase of $84,608 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 1.62% or $138,677 as a recapture of the maximum lawful
levy, for an estimated total of $8,891,000.
Section 3. The 2006 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) property tax levy for
collection in 2007 is the amount levied in 2005 for collection in 2006, plus an increase of
$23,222 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 $2,402,000.
Section 4. There shall be and is hereby levied current taxes of $787,348, 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 2006-07 assessed valuation from Snohomish County.
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, being an exercise of a power
specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take
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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.
APPROVED:
MAYOR, GARY HAAKENSON
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.
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. __________
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the ____ day of ___________, 2006, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. _____________. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the
title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, INCREASING THE
REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2007 BY 2.64% TO UTILIZE PASSED BANKED
LEVIES AND THE CURRENT 101% LEVY LIMIT, LEVYING AN EMS LEVY OF
$2,402,000, LEVYING $787,348 FOR VOTED INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMPLEX, INCLUDING A RECAPTURE OF 1.64% AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this _____ day of _________________, 2006.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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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, Dan Clements ,
(Name)
Administrative Services Director , for City of Edmonds , do hereby certify to
(Title) (District Name)
the Snohomish 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 2007 as provided in the district’s
(Year of Collection)
budget, which was adopted on November xx, 2006 :
(Date of Public Hearing)
Regular Levy: $8,891,000
(State the total dollar amount to be levied)
Excess Levy: $787,348
(State the total dollar amount to be levied)
EMS Levy: $2,402,000
(State the total dollar amount to be levied)
Signature: Date: November xx, 2006
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AM-608
Enforcement Options - Barking Dogs and Stray Cats
City Council Committees
Date:10/10/2006
Submitted By:Jana Spellman, City Council
Submitted For:Richard Marin Time:30 Minutes
Department:City Council Type:Information
Committee:Public Safety
Agenda Memo
Subject
Discussion of enforcement options related to barking dogs, stray cats, and possible changes to procedures.
Previous Council Action
During the Public Safety Council Committee Meeting of August 8, 2006, the Committee discussed enforcement
options related to barking dogs and possible changes to procedures.
At the conclusion of that item, the Committee agreed to bring back ordinances from other jurisdictions and take up
the matter at the September 12, 2006 Public Safety Council Committee Meeting.
Narrative
The agenda item regarding enforcement options related to barking dogs and possible changes to procedures was
pulled from the September 12, 2006 Public Safety Committee Meeting as the data for that meeting was not yet
available. That agenda item was then rescheduled for the October 10, 2006 meeting.
In the interim, the Council received a letter with attachments from a citizen asking that the regulations regarding
cats unrestricted ability to roam be discussed. The subject of regulating cats who stray onto other people’s property
was then added for discussion to the item pulled from the September 12, 2006 Public Safety Committee meeting.
Recommendation
Revenue & Expenditures
Fiscal Impact
Attachments
Link: Council Packet from 8-8-2006 w-minutes
Link: Letters w-attachments from Edmonds citizen
Link: Animal Control Code-Lynnwood
Link: Animal Control Code-Bothell
Link: Animal Control Code-Puyallup
Link: Animal Control Code-San Antonio, TX
Link: Animal Control Code-Abernathy, TX
Link: Animal Control Code-Arkansas City, Kansas
Form Routing/Status
Route Seq Inbox Approved By Date Status
1 City Clerk Sandy Chase 09/25/2006 10:57 AM APRV
2 Mayor Gary Haakenson 09/25/2006 11:01 AM APRV
3 Final Approval Sandy Chase 09/28/2006 02:31 PM APRV
Form Started By: Jana Spellman Started On: 09/21/2006 09:13 AM
Form Started By: Jana Spellman Started On: 09/21/2006 09:13 AM
Final Approval Date: 09/28/2006