2020/10/28 Council Agenda Packet

EVERETT WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTI• IN of the City Council of the City of Everett, Washington, finding a substantial need for using the 101% limit factor under Chapter 84.55 RCW with regard to the levying of regular property taxes and emergency medical services property taxes WHEREAS, 1. The City Council of the City of Everett is considering its budget for the calendar year 2021; and 2. The City Council, in the course of considering the budget for 2021, considers all sources of revenue and examines all anticipated expenses and obligations; and 3. RCW 84.55.0101 (Chapter 3, § 204; Referendum 47, § 204) requires that the Everett City Council make a finding of "substantial need" to set an increase of 101 percent in the regular property tax levy; and 4. Increases in demands upon the resources of the City in the coming year require additional resources to provide services in the areas of fire prevention and suppression, law and justice, emergency medical, transportation, road repair and maintenance, parks and recreation, safe and clean neighborhoods, and to fulfill unfunded state and federal mandates; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERETT THAT: 1) The-City-Council-of-the-Eity-of-Everett-reviews-the-sources-of-funds-for-neeessar-y-City., programs and services. 2) The City Council finds there is a substantial need for using the 101 percent limit factor u nder Chapter 84.55 RCW in setting the regular property tax levy. The elements of the substantial need identified by the Everett City Council include, but are not limited to, providing for the public health and safety as described in the 2021 Preliminary Budget. The finding of substantial need is further defined as including such increases in demands u pon resources of the City in the coming year to provide services in the areas of fire prevention and suppression, law and justice, emergency medical, transportation, road repair and maintenance, parks and recreation, safe and clean neighborhoods, and the n eed to fulfill unfunded state and federal mandates.