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• S i^u 1 aft 7.t.. ', _ z7,7---T.- . <br /> � 1 riff( 0. r, JdWk a9 t q1' 1{ -1 <br /> i <br /> PROJECT TITLE: 5 <br /> An Ordinance providing for the Consent COUNCIL BILL# (00(-(F) <br /> submission of a proposition,at Action Originating Department Fire <br /> an April 27, 2010 special First Reading Contact Person Murray Gordon <br /> election, allowing the City to Second Reading Phone Number 8101 <br /> set the emergency medical Third Reading FOR AGENDA OF Feb. 3,2010 <br /> services property tax levy up to Public Hearing <br /> the previously approved rate of Initialed by: <br /> fifty cents ($0.50)per one Department Head <br /> thousand($1,000)assessed CAA 416 <br /> valuation in 2011 and Council President / 4 <br /> increasing the levy thereafter <br /> as allowed under Chapter <br /> 84.55 RCW <br /> Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval <br /> Proposed Ordinance Legal&Fire <br /> Amount Budgeted -0- <br /> Expenditure Required -0- Account Number(s): <br /> Budget Remaining -0- <br /> Additional Required -0- <br /> DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br /> The qualified voters of the City of Everett approved a permanent emergency medical services(EMS) <br /> property tax levy at a rate of fifty cents($0.50)per one thousand($1,000)assessed valuation on February 29, <br /> 2000.However,due to the statutory 1percent limit on yearly property tax increases,the City was only <br /> allowed to collect an amount equal to an approximate levy rate of thirty-one cents($0.31)per one thousand <br /> ($1,000)assessed valuation in 2009.This amount was insufficient to adequately fund EMS and an interfund <br /> loan was needed to fund this essential program. <br /> The proposed ordinance directs the City Clerk to submit a proposition to the Snohomish County Auditor for <br /> placement on an April 27,2010 special election ballot.The proposition seeks approval or rejection from the <br /> qualified voters of the City of Everett on the question of whether the EMS levy should be raised beyond the <br /> 101%permissible yearly increase up to a maximum rate of fifty cents($0.50)per one thousand($1,000) <br /> assessed valuation for 2011 and increased thereafter as allowed by Chapter 84.55 RCW. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Adopt the proposed Ordinance providing for the submission of a proposition, at an April 27,2010 special <br /> election, allowing the City to set the emergency medical services property tax levy up to the previously <br /> approved rate of fifty cents($0.50)per one thousand($1,000) assessed valuation in 2011 and increasing the <br /> levy thereafter as allowed under Chapter 84.55 RCW. <br /> 9 <br />