HomeMy WebLinkAbout4826ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, levying Municipal Taxes on all the
taxable property within the City limits of Bremerton for the year
2002 to be collected in the year 2003.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton attest that the population
of the City of Bremerton is more than ten thousand; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton has properly given notice
of the public hearing held on October 30, 2002, to consider the City's revenue sources for the
City's General Fund budget; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton after hearing and duly
considering all relevant evidence and testimony presented, has determined that the City. of
Bremerton requires an increase in property tax revenue from the previous year, in addition to that
resulting from the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any increase
in the value of slate-assessed property and all allowable levies in order to discharge the expected
expenses and obligations of the City; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION1. That an increase in the regular property tax levy, in addition to the
increase resulting from the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any
increase in the value of state-assessed property, is hereby authorized for the 2002 levy in the
amount of $49,625 which is a percentage increase of 1.0% from the previous year.
SECTIONZ That an increase in the EMS property tax levy, in addition to the
increase resulting from the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any
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increase in the value of state-assessed property, is hereby authorized for the 2002 levy in the
amount of $7,462, which is a percentage increase of 1.0% from the previous year.
SECTION3. That a property tax levy for debt redemption, as previously
authorized by the voters, at a rate sufficient to provide $1,171,117 needed to meet debt service
obligations in 2003, is hereby authorized for the 2002 levy.
SECTION& Severabilitv. If any one or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTIONS. E#'ective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
APPROVED by the City Council the ~O~:;~ day of ~.~/~(~) ,2002 t
PASSED by the City Council the /,.~I.~ day of ~ ,2002
CAROL AP_ENDS, Council President
Approved this ~ day of ,~'/~-~..,a,~_gx. ,2002
CARY BOZEMAN, Mayor
ATTEST:
KAT~IL~E~N MC~L~EY,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~A'ttorney
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EFFECTIVE the ~_~.d~rgt.g_day of
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
County of Kitsap, State of Washington
No. 100033805
I, Kim Pfefferkorn, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times
embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of
THE SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of
the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months
prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually
as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, and is now and during all of said time,
was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the
following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in
supplement form) of said newspaper on the following dates, to wit: November 19,2002; and that such
newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full amount of the
fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $37.63 amount has not been paid in full.
:Js:urn' fJM~1V;
(Signature of Principal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of November 22, 2002
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
SUMMARY OF"
ORDINANCE NO. 4826'
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, levying Municipal Taxes
on all the taxable property within the City limits of Bremerton for the year 2002 to be collected in the year
2003. -
Approved by the City Council the 30th day of October, 200T
Passed by the City Council the 13th day of November, 2002-
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 239 Fourth Street, Bremerton,
WA98337.- ..
November 19,2002- - #100033805-