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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE levying the general taxes for the City of Everett for fiscal year <br />commencing January 1, 2016, on all taxable property, both "real and personal, subject to <br />taxation thereon, for the purpose of raising a portion of the revenue to carry on City <br />operations for the ensuing year, as required by the Charter of the City of Everett and <br />the laws of the State of Washington <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Everett duly and regularly adopts as required by <br />law the estimate of the amounts required to meet the public expense of said City' for the <br />ensuing year and the amount to be raised by taxation in said City for said ensuing year from <br />sources other than direct taxation; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Everett is considering its budget for the calendar <br />year 2016; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council, in the course of considering the budget for 2016, reviews all <br />sources of revenue and examines all anticipated expenses and obligations; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds that in order to meet the rising cost of providing essential <br />public services, a substantial need exists to increase regular property tax collections by one <br />percent as provided for in RCW 84.55.0101; and <br />WHEREAS, the qualified electors of the City voted approval in 2010 of a levy lid lift for <br />additional regular property tax in an amount equal to a maximum of $0.50 per thousand <br />dollars of the assessed value of property in the City for funding an emergency medical <br />services program; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br />Section 1: That there be, and hereby is, levied upon real and personal property in the City <br />of Everett, subject to taxation thereon, a general property tax for municipal <br />purposes for the ensuing year conunencing on January 1, 2016, as follows: <br />REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY <br />The Everett City Council hereby authorizes the property tax levy for collection <br />I's, ti'_G tit at =0 I v u_ J3- % 7.1 / 7�ii ClU_iitic J�-:- -; t!iC ea5 111 (OiTa1 ____ li ll., <br />� <br />._�1 _� __� .1'r_ __� _01111; _ '`. � <br />4 <br />