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ORDINANCE NO. 50b b
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, establishing the amount to be collected in
2009 by taxation on the assessed valuation of taxable property
within the City limits of Bremerton and setting the property levy
rate.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton attest that the population
of the City of Bremerton for 2008 is 36,860; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton has properly given notice
of the public hearing held on November 12,2008, 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 a regular levy and EMS levy in the maximum amounts allowable, which
includes an increase in property tax revenue from the previous year, and amounts resulting from
the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any increase in the value of
state-assessed property and all allowable levies, and amounts authorized by law as a result of any
annexations that have occurred and refunds made; in order to discharge the expected expenses
and obligations of the City and in its best interest; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That an increase in the regular property tax levy is hereby
authorized for the 2009 levy in the amount of $58,811, which is a percentage increase of 1.0%
from the previous year. This increase is exclusive of additional revenue resulting from the
addition of new construction and improvements to property and any increase in the value or
state assessed property, and any additional amounts resulting from any annexations that have
occurred and refunds made.
SECTION 2. That an increase in the EMS property tax levy is hereby
authorized for the 2009 levy to the maximum allowable of fifty cents ($0.50) per thousand
dollars ($1,000) of assessed valuation, as voted and approved by the registered voters of the
City of Bremerton, on the August 19,2008 Ballot. This increase is exclusive of additional
revenue resulting from the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any
increase in the value or state assessed property, and any additional amounts resulting from any
annexations that have occurred and refunds made.
SECTION 3. That a property tax levy for debt redemption of the 2002
Public Safety UTGO Bonds, as previously authorized by the voters, is hereby authorized to
levy property taxes to be collected in 2009 at a rate sufficient to provide $887,700 needed to
meet debt service obligations in 2009.
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SECTION 4. Severability. If anyone 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.
SECTION 5. Effective 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 this jJ6t-~..) day of
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PASSED by the City Council the I~
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Account # 42742/ Ad # 241558
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I, Laura Wessels, 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
KITSAP 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, a weekly newspaper in 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 date, to wit:
November 15, 2008 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 $31.86. The
amount has not been paid in full. \.0 /'
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AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City ofBremerton, Washington, establishing the amount to''0-::\S:,();~;~ss9'/
be collected in 2009 by taxation on the assessed valuation of taxable property within the City limits of
Bremertonand setting the property levy rate.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of November 24,2008.
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Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
ORDINANCE NO. 5066
PASSED by the City Council the 12th day of November, 2008.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's OffIce, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, W A 98337.
November 15, 2008...................AD #20079786