HomeMy WebLinkAbout5197 ORDINANCE NO. 51 q-7
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, establishing the amount to be collected in
2013 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 attest that the population of the City of Bremerton
for 2013 is 39,650; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has properly given notice of the public hearing held
on November 7, 2012, to consider the City's revenue sources for the City's General Fund
budget; and
WHEREAS, the city's actual levy amount from the previous year, including any
refunds and abatements levied was $6,522,962; and
WHEREAS, the city's actual EMS levy amount from the previous year, including
any refunds and abatements levied was $1,274,482; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, 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 is a one percent (1 %) increase as
allowed by law.
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 levy to be collected in the 2013 tax year The dollar amount of the increase
over the actual levy from the previous year shall be $21,572 which is an effective percent
increase of 0.33071% from the previous year. This increase is exclusive of additional revenue
resulting from new construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbines,
any increase in the value of state assessed property, and any additional amounts resulting from
any annexations that have occurred and abatements and refunds made.
SECTION 2. That an increase in the EMS levy is hereby authorized for
the levy to be collected in the 2013 tax year The dollar amount of the increase over the actual
levy from the previous year shall be $15,424 which is a percent increase of 1.0% from the
highest allowable levy. This increase is exclusive of additional revenue resulting from new
construction, improvements to property, newly constructed wind turbines, any increase in the
value of state assessed property, and any additional amounts resulting from any annexations
that have occurred and abatements and refunds made. This levy is further subject to the
maximum allowable levy rate of $0.500000 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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SECTION 3. That a property tax levy for debt redemption of the 2010
Public Safety UTGO Refunding Bonds, as previously authorized by the voters, is hereby
authorized to levy property taxes to be collected in 2013 at a rate sufficient to provide
$835,000 needed to meet debt service obligations in 2013.
SECTION4. Severability 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. 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.
PASSED by the City Council the 7 day of be , 2012
MCDONALD, Council President
Approved this day of 4/10 2012
PATTY N Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SHANNON CORIN, City Clerk ROGER . LUBOVICH, City Attorney
PUBLISHED the � ' day of �VA! ber 9 2012
EFFECTIVE the day of 2012
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Account #42742 AD#287390
STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I, Stacey J C Hovland, 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 an advertisement as it was
published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following date, to wit
And on November 12, 2012 such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said
period The full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $34 74 This amount --
- -- has not been paid in full 4
(Signature o ncipal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of November 23, 2012
Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County CASSANDRA A CAPAS
Notary Public
State of Washington
My Commission Expires
February 04, 2014
ORDINANCE NO 5197
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, establishing the amount to
be collected in 2013 by taxation on the assessed valuation of taxable property within the City limits of
Bremerton and setting the property levy rate
PASSED by the City Council on the 7th day of November, 2012
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton, WA 98337
AD#20129719