FIN 2019-10-28 Item 2A - Ordinances - 2020 Tax Levy Legislation

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, LEVYING THE GENERAL TAXES FOR THE CITY OF TUKWILA IN KING COUNTY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2020, ON ALL PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, IN SAID CITY, THAT IS SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING SUFFICIENT REVENUE TO CARRY ON THE SERVICES OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF SAID CITY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR, WITH AN EXCESS PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING DEBT SERVICE ON THE CITY'S UNLIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ISSUED IN 2016 AND 2019, AS REQUIRED BY LAW; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tukwila has considered the City's anticipated financial requirements for 2020 and the amounts necessary and available to be raised by ad valorem taxes on real, personal and utility property; and WHEREAS, the following sentence is provided for information only: The maximum Statutory Levy Rate for the City of Tukwila, as allowed by RCW 84.52.043, is $3.825, which includes $0.225 for the Firemen's Pension Fund as allowed by RCW 41.16.060; and WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2514, passed on November 21, 2016, authorized the issuance and sale of $36,500,000 principal amount of the City's Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds, 2016; and pursuant to Ordinance No. 2610, passed on July 15, 2019, authorized the issuance and sale of $40,885,000 principal amount of the City's Unlimited General Obligation Bonds, 2019 (together, the "Bonds"); and has determined that to provide the money necessary to pay the debt service requirements on the Bonds in the year 2020, an excess property tax levy in the amount of $3,450,000 for the Bonds must be levied in year 2019, and collected in year 2020; and WHEREAS, the final assessed valuation calculation has been determined; W: Word Processing\Ordinances\General Tax Levy + Excess Levy 10-21-19.doc AW:bjs Page 1 of 3 5