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Home My WebLink About5339ORDINANCE NO. 5339 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, establishing the amount to.be collected in 2018 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 2018 is 40,630; and WHEREAS, the City Council has properly given notice of the public hearing held on November 15, 2017, 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 $7,206,473; and WHEREAS, the City's actual EMS levy amount from the previous year, including any refunds and abatements levied was $1,235,903; 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 1.0% 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 2018 tax year. The dollar amount of the increase over the actual levy from the previous year shall be $13,001 which is an effective percent increase of 0.18041% from the previous year levy. This increase is exclusive of additional revenue resulting from new construction, any increase in the value of state assessed property, and any additional amounts resulting from any annexations that have occurred and refunds made. SECTION 2. That an EMS levy is hereby authorized for the levy to be collected in the 2018 tax year. The dollar amount of the increase over the actual levy from the previous year shall be $2,261 which is an effective percent increase of 0.183% from the highest allowable levy. This increase is exclusive of additional revenue resulting from new construction, any increase in the value of state assessed property, and any additional amounts resulting from any annexations that have occurred and refunds made. This levy is further subject to the maximum allowable levy rate of $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. 2018 Property Tax 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 2018 at a rate sufficient to provide $859,288 needed to meet debt service obligations in 2018. SECTION 4. That a property tax levy for debt redemption of the 2015 Public Safety UTGO Bonds, as previously authorized by the voters, is hereby authorized to levy property taxes to be collected in 2018 at a rate sufficient to provide $501,000 needed to meet debt service obligations in 2018. SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 day of IV , 2017 ERIC YOUN , C n 1 President Approved this 17 1 day of VA16" bO?,r— , 2017 ATTEST: PATTY L ayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: rows iawl Me PUBLIS14ED the o`� day of ///✓./irr, i- , 2017 EFFECTIVE the day of / , 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 2 2018 Property Tax AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Account #342133 AD#1832917 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 publi- cation 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 24, 2017 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 $65.12. This amount has not been paid in full. (Signature of Principal Clerk) Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of November 24, 2017. O°"4I. ! M f M'O ��i Q. -*w ) v Ssioro ..r ` •o ClTQ F10 '0UBL1c �� WA SN`NG `�� ORDINANCE NO. 5339 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremer- ton, Washington, establish- ing the amount to be collectd in 2018 by taxation on the assessed valuation of tax- able property within the City limits of Bremerton and set- ting the property levy rate. PASSED by the City Council on the 15th day of November, 2017. The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 100, Bremerton, WA 98337. NOV .24, 2017 AD#1832917