2015/11/10 Council Agenda Packet

4 --� J _ • ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE amending the levying of the general taxes for the City of Everett for fiscal year commencing January 1,2016,amending Ordinance No. 3453-15 • WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Everett adopted Ordinance 0453-15 on October 21, 2015, levying general taxes for the City of Everett for fiscal year commencing January 1, 2016; and • WHEREAS,information was subsequently received indicating that the new construction and refund levy estimates were insufficient for the 2016 levy; and • WHEREAS,in order to levy the total amount available,the new construction and refund levy estimates in the ordinance must be revised; • • NOW,THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Section 1 or Ordinance No. 3453-15,which reads as follows: REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY • The Everett City Council hereby authorizes the property tax levy for collection in the year 2016 at$34,769,177 (including a$344,249 increase in dollar amount, which is a 1% increase over the amount of taxes Iawfull_y levied by the City in 2015), plus an estimated $700,000 from new construction, improvements to. property, annexations, and changes in state-assessed property, and$200,000 resulting from a refund levy, for a total of$35,669,1.77. • EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES • The Everett City Council hereby authorizes the property tax levy for collection in the year 2016 at$6,300,307(including a$62,379 increase in dollar amount, • which is a 1%increase over the amount of taxes lawfully levied by the City in 2015. Added to the base will be an estimated$200,000 from new construction, improvements to property, annexations; and changes instate-assessed property, and $100,000 resulting from a refund levy, for a total of$6,600,307. BE AND.THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 12