RESOLUTION NO. 343
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARNATION, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT THE NOVEMBER 3, 2009 ELECTION OF A PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX RATE IN EXCESS OF THE INCREASE OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY CHAPTER 84.55 RCW FOR PURPOSES OF FUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES; SETTING FORTH THE BALLOT TITLE THEREFORE; REQUESTING THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE KING COUNTY RECORDS, ELECTIONS, AND LICENSING DIVISION PLACE THE PROPOSITION ON THE NOVEMBER 3, 2009 ELECTION; AND FIXING THE TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Carnation contracts for police and other criminal justice services; and
WHEREAS, the costs for these public safety services continue to increase and the City’s limited tax revenues are not able to keep pace; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Carnation have expressed their desire to maintain these critical services at their current levels; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has agreed to ask the voters whether they are willing to fund the increasing costs for the police services contract and criminal justice expenses such as prosecution and jail expenses through a levy lid lift; now therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARNATION, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Levy Lid Lift Election Called For. Pursuant to RCW 84.55.050, the Carnation City Council hereby calls for submission of a proposition to the qualified electors of the City asking whether the City shall levy regular property taxes in excess of the limitation established in RCW 84.55.010. The Director of the King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division, as ex officio supervisor of elections in King County, is hereby requested to call the election in the City of Carnation on November 3, 2009. The proposition to be submitted to the qualified voters of the City for their approval or rejection is to authorize increasing the City’s regular property tax levy by up to $0.45 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, to a total possible levy rate of $1.49 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, for collection beginning in 2010. The City’s intent is to seek an increase in property tax revenue of $58,500 in 2010. Given the potential for changes in assessed valuation, the levy rate of $1.49 is being requested for the year 2010 through the levy lid lift ballot proposition set forth in Section 3. However, the City does not intend to seek a levy rate in 2010 for more than $58,500. Under the ballot proposition below, for the years 2011 to 2015 the levy amount would increase by the percentage change in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as measured from the June to June period, thereby setting the limit factor for the five succeeding years at 100 percent plus the percentage change in the CPI-U. The dollar amount of the 2015 levy would be used for the purpose of computing the limitations for subsequent levies.
Section 2. Purpose of Levy. The purpose of the proposed levy lid lift is to provide funding for public safety services, including law enforcement operations, prosecution services and jail expenses.
Section 3. Ballot Proposition. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed, not later than August 11, 2009, to certify a proposition to the King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division, as ex-officio Supervisor of Elections in King County Washington, in substantially the following form:
CITY OF CARNATION
PROPOSITION NO. 1
The Carnation City Council has proposed a levy lid lift to raise additional funds for public safety.
To fund current public safety service levels, this proposition would: raise an additional $58,500 by setting the regular property tax rate for collection in 2010 at $1.49 per $1,000 of assessed valuation; increase the levy amount for years 2011-2015 by the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) percentage change, thereby setting the limit factor at 100 percent plus the CPI-U percentage change; and use the 2015 levy dollar amount to compute the limitations for subsequent levies.
Should this proposition be approved?
YES NO
Section 4. Changes. The City Manager and City Attorney are authorized to make such minor adjustments to the wording of such proposition as may be recommended by the King County Records, Elections, and Licensing Services Division, as long as the intent of the proposition remains clear and consistent with the intent of this Resolution as approved by the City Council.
Section 5. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon passage by the City Council.
CITY OF CARNATION
MAYOR MIKE FLOWERS (signed)
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:..... 07/31/2009
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 08/04/2009
RESOLUTION NO.:......................................... 343
