2018/07/11 Council Agenda Packet

4 If approved, this proposition would maintain existing service levels for emergency medical care and services, including paramedic services, by authorizing an increase in Everett's emergency medical services property tax levy capacity to the previously-authorized rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per one thousand ($1,000) assessed valuation in 2019, and to increase the levy each year thereafter as allowed by Chapter 84.55 RCW, Should this proposition be: Approved? Rejected? Section LII. Effect of Election. Pursuant to RCW 84.55.050, if a simple majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition vote in favor of approving, and adoption, thereof, the proposition shall be deemed approved and shall be adopted. Thereafter, the City Council shall have the necessary authority to levy, in the manner provided by law, an emergency medical services property tax levy up to the amount of fifty cents ($0.50)per one thousand dollars ($1,000) assessed valuation in 2019 and increasing thereafter as permitted by law. If less than a. majority of the qualified voters approve the proposition, then it shall be deemed rejected by the qualified voters, and the City Council shall not increase the emergency medical services property tax levy above the limits established in Chapter 84.55 RCW. The City's authority to levy the existing, and previously approved, emergency medical services property tax levy shall in no way be affected by either the approval or rejection of the proposition. Section IV. Filing by City Clerk. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the Snohomish County Auditor a certified copy of this Ordinance showing its passage and including the ballot title set forth herein on, or before,August 7, 2018. Section V. Severability. Should any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase,or 4