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ITEM No.
4.B.
STAFF SPONSOR: VICKY CARLSEN
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 11/13/18
AGENDA PLEM Tiiii
Approve property tax ordinances
for 2019 property
tax levy.
11/13/18
E Motion
1111,g Date
Resolution
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Award
E Other
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CATEGORY 2 Discussion
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11 Public Hear*
Mt‘g Date
Ally Dale 11/19/18
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Mtg Dale 11/13/18
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SP ONS0W S The Council is being asked to approve two property tax ordinances for the 2019 property
SUMMARY tax levy - one to authorize the levy and the second to approve an increase in the levy from
the previous year.
R.1,-\'IEWEI) BY C.O.W. Mtg. E CDN Comm
E Trans &Infrastructure Arts Comm.
DATE: 11/6/18
4 Finance
Comm. 0 Public Safety Comm.
Comm. 0 Planning Comm.
CHAIR: QUINN
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Unanimous Approval; Forward to Committee of the Whole
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Comments:
MTG. DATE
RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
11/13/18
Fnrward tn next regular meeting
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ATTACHMENTS
11/13/18
Informational Memorandum dated 11/06/18
Draft Ordinance
Preliminary Levy Limit Worksheet
Minutes from the Finance Committee meeting of 11/6/18
11/19/18
2 ordinances
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Washington
Ordinance No.
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, 2019, 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, 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 2019 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 $3.490, 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 (the "Bonds"); and has determined that to provide the
money necessary to pay the debt service requirements on the Bonds in the year 2019, an
excess property tax levy in the amount of $2,840,000 for the Bonds must be levied in year
2018, and collected in year 2019; and
WHEREAS, the final assessed valuation calculation has been determined;
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Regular and Excess Tax Levy.
A. There shall be and hereby is levied on all real, personal and utility property in the
City of Tukwila, in King County, whose estimated assessed valuation is $6,709,378,301,
current taxes for the ensuing year commencing January 2019, in the amounts specified
below:
Regular Tax Levy
Excess Tax Levy
Rate Amount
$2.37 $16,100,000
$0.43 $ 2,840,000
B. The said taxes herein provided for are levied for the purpose of payment upon the
general bonded indebtedness of the City of Tukwila, the General Fund, and for the
maintenance of the departments of the municipal government of the City of Tukwila for the
fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019.
C. The excess levy is levied for the purpose of debt service payments on the
unlimited tax obligation bonds sold to finance costs related to the City's Public Safety
Plan, as submitted to the qualified electors of the City at a special election held on
November 8, 2016.
Section 2. Collection. This ordinance shall be certified to the proper County officials,
as provided by law, and taxes here levied shall be collected to pay to the Finance Director
of the City of Tukwila at the time and in the manner provided by the laws of the State of
Washington for the collection of taxes for non -chartered code cities.
Section 3. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the City
Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary
corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; references to other
local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering and
section/subsection numbering.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect
January 1, 2019.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2018.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Rachel B. Turpin, City Attorney
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
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Washington
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, INCREASING THE CITY OF
TUKWILA REGULAR LEVY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR,
COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2019, ON ALL PROPERTY,
BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL, IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RCW 84.55.120; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila has properly given notice of a public hearing held on
November 13, 2018, pursuant to RCW 84.55.120; and
WHEREAS, after such hearing and after duly considering all relevant evidence and
testimony presented, the City Council has determined that in order to discharge its expected
expenses and obligations the City requires an increase in property tax revenue from the
previous year, in addition to the increase resulting from the addition of new construction and
improvements to property and any increase in the value of State -assessed property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is in the City's best interest and
necessary to meet its expenses and obligations for the property tax revenue to be increased
for 2019, and the final assessed valuation calculation has been determined;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. An increase in the regular property tax levy, in addition to any amount
resulting from the addition of new construction and improvements to property and any
increase in the value of State -assessed property, is hereby authorized for the 2019 levy in
the amount of $128,824, which is a percentage increase of 0.85% from the previous year.
This increase is exclusive of additional revenue resulting from new construction,
improvements to property, any increase in the value of State -assessed property, any
annexations that have occurred and refunds made.
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Section 2. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the City
Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary
corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; references to other
local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering and
section/subsection numbering.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect
January 1, 2019.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2018.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Rachel B. Turpin, City Attorney
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
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