HomeMy WebLinkAbout5264 ORDINANCE NO. 5264
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, establishing the amount to be collected in
2015 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 attests that the population of the City of Bremerton
for 2015 is 38,180; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has properly given notice of the public hearing held
on November 19, 2014, 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 $6,764,817; and
WHEREAS, on August 5, 2014 qualified voters of the City of Bremerton
authorized to continue it emergency medical services property tax levy at fifty cents ($.50)per
thousand dollars of the assessed value of real and personal property located within the City.
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 to
the highest lawful levy 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 2015 tax year. The dollar amount of the increase
over the actual levy from the previous year shall be $6,420 which is an effective percent
increase of 0.09491% 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 EMS levy is hereby authorized for the levy to be
collected in the 2015 tax year. The amount levied shall be set at the statutory maximum
allowable rate of$0.50 per$1,000 of assessed valuation.
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 2015 at a.rate sufficient to provide
$905,000 needed to meet debt service obligations in 2015.
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SECTION 4. 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.
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.
PASSED by the City Council the /7— day of /Y�/���Y�� , 2014
GR HEELER, Council President
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF KITSAP
I,Teresa Hull,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 Nov.
25,2014 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$39.00.This amount has not been
paid in full.
(Signature of Principal Clerk)
NOTARY PUBLIC
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of December 4,2014. STATE OF WASHINGTON
CHRISTY M MOFFITT
C My Appointment Expires July 08, 2016
ORDINANCE NO.5264
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton,Washington,establishing the amount to
be collected in 2015 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 19th day of November,2014.
The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 600,
Bremerton,WA 98337.
NOV.25,2014
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