HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2020-11-09 Item 3A - Public Hearing - Ordinances Relating to 2021 Tax Levy LegislationITEM INFORMATION
STAFF SPONSOR: VICKY CARLSEN ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 11/09/20
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Approve property tax ordinances for 2021 property tax levy.
CATEGORY Discussion Motion Resolution Ordinance Bid Award Public Hearing Other
Mtg Date 11/09/20 Mtg Date Mtg Date Mtg Date 11/16/20 Mtg Date Mtg Date 11/09/20 Mtg Date
SPONSOR Council Mayor HR DCD Finance Fire TS P&R Police PW Court
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SUMMARY The Council is being asked to approve three property tax ordinances for the 2021 property
tax levy - one to authorize the levy, the second to approve an increase in the levy from the
previous year and the third ordinance showing substantial need to increase above the
Implicit Price Deflator.
REVIEWED BY C.O.W. Mtg. CDN Comm Finance Comm. Public Safety Comm.
Trans &Infrastructure Arts Comm. Parks Comm. Planning Comm.
DATE: 10/26/20 COMMITTEE CHAIR: SEAL
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR/ADMIN. Finance Department
COMMITTEE Unanimous Approval; Forward to Committee of the Whole
COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
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Comments:
MTG. DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
11/09/20
11/16/20
MTG. DATE ATTACHMENTS
11/09/20 Informational Memorandum dated 10/26/20
3 Draft Ordinances
Preliminary Levy Limit Worksheet
Minutes from the 10/26 Finance Committee meeting
11/16/20
COUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS
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City of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
TO: Finance Committee
FROM: Vicky Carlsen, Finance Director
BY: Aaron Williams, Fiscal Coordinator
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: October 26, 2020
SUBJECT: 2021 Property Tax Levy
ISSUE
Approval of ordinances increasing the regular levy from the previous year and adopting the
general and excess property tax levies for 2021 by November 30, 2020.
BACKGROUND
A Public Hearing for adoption of the 2021 property tax levy is required by RCW 84.55.120. The
Hearing is scheduled for November 09, 2020.
The City was notified on October 15, 2020 that the assessed value for Tukwila for 2021 is
projected to be $7,835,011,635.
State law allows the City to increase property taxes by 1% or the Implicit Price Deflator (IPD),
whichever is less unless an additional ordinance showing substantial need is adopted by City
Council. The ordinance showing substantial need must be approved by a majority plus one.
The IPD for calculating the 2021 property tax levy is .006%, slightly less than 1%. The allowable
levy projected by King County and documented on the Preliminary Levy Limit Worksheet-2021
Tax Roll using the IPD is $16,830,303. The allowable levy using 1% is 16,896,624, representing
additional property tax revenue of $66,321 if City Council approves the ordinance showing
substantial need.
The ordinance to set the general tax levy also includes the excess levy related to the Public Safety
Plan that voters approved on the November 8, 2016 general election. The City sold $36.5 million
of bonds in 2016 and debt service repayment began in 2017. The remaining voter-approved
bonds were sold in October 2019. The excess levy for both bond issues will be assessed for as
long as the bonds are outstanding; the final payment for the 2016 issue is scheduled for December
2036 and the final payment for the 2019 issue is scheduled for December 2039 . The total excess
levy requirement for 2021 is $3,602,975 with an approximate levy rate of $0.47 per thousand.
DISCUSSION
Levy Amount
The assessed value and the allowable levy are subject to change until final levy rate
determination. A levy amount of $17,500,000 will be used for the ordinance. If the final allowable
levy is less than the ordinance amount, King County Department of Assessments will adjust the
ordinance amount to the final allowable levy amount and no further action by the Council will be
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Also included in the tax levy ordinance is an excess levy in the amount of $3,602,975 for debt
service related to the unlimited tax obligation bonds that were sold at the end of 2016 and in
2019. All voter-approved bonds have now been issued.
Levy Limit
RCW 27.12.390 allows for a maximum statutory levy rate for cities at $3.60 less the actual regular
levy made by a library district. RCW 41.16.060 also allows for an additional levy of $0.225 if a
city has a firemen’s pension fund. The maximum allowable levy for 2021 is estimated to be
$3.50180. However, due to the 1% limitation, the Levy Limit Worksheet received from King
County estimates the City’s preliminary levy rate for 2021 at $2.15655.
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is being asked to approve the ordinance adopting the General Tax Levy, the
ordinance for the Limiting Factor (IPD) and the ordinance showing the dollar and percent increase
from the previous year at the November 09, 2020 Committee of the Whole meeting and
subsequent November 16, 2020 Regular Meeting. A public hearing has also been scheduled at
the November 09, 2020 Committee of the Whole.
ATTACHMENTS
Draft Ordinances (3)
Preliminary Levy Limit Worksheet-2021 Tax Roll
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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, 2021, 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 2021 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 $3,602,975 for the Bonds must be
levied in year 2020, and collected in year 2021; 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 $7,835,011,635,
current taxes for the ensuing year commencing January 1, 2021, in the amounts specified
below:
Rate Amount
Regular Tax Levy $2.24 $17,500,000
Excess Tax Levy $0.47 $ 3,602,975
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, 2021. The regular tax levy includes new construction and
improvements to property, estimated to be $148,906, a re-levy of prior year refunds and
cancellations in the estimated amount of $200,000, and any increase in the value of state-
assessed property.
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 Authorized. 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, 2021.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this _______ day of _____________________, 2020.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk Allan Ekberg, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY: Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
Office of the City Attorney
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO THE LIMITING
FACTOR FOR THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY
ABOVE THE RATE OF INFLATION (IMPLICIT PRICE
DEFLATOR); PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tukwila has considered its budget for the
2021-2022 biennium; and
WHEREAS, in the course of considering the 2021-2022 biennial budget, the City
Council reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all anticipated expenses and
obligations; and
WHEREAS, due to the needs regarding parks, residential and arterial streets, City
facilities, and police and fire services, the City Council found there is substantial need to
increase the regular property tax limit factor above the rate of inflation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to continue that rate in order to meet service needs
in the City in 2021 and beyond;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Regular Tax Levy. The City Council of the City of Tukwila finds there is
substantial need to increase the regular property tax limit factor above the rate of inflation,
and hereby establishes that the limit factor for the regular levy for calendar year 2021
shall be 101% of the highest amount of the regular property taxes that could have been
lawfully levied in Tukwila in any year since 1985.
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Section 2. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser Authorized. 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, 2021.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this ________ day of ______________________, 2020.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk Allan Ekberg, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY: Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
Office of the City Attorney
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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, 2021, 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 9, 2020, 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 2021, 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 2021 levy in
the amount of $151,788, which is a percentage increase of 0.91% 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 Authorized. 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, 2021.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this _______ day of ______________________, 2020.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk Allan Ekberg, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY: Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
Office of the City Attorney
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PRELIMINARY
LEVY LIMIT WORKSHEET – 2021 Tax Roll
TAXING DISTRICT: City of Tukwila
The following determination of your regular levy limit for 2021 property taxes is provided by the King County
Assessor pursuant to RCW 84.55.100.
Annexed to Library District (Note 1) Estimated Library rate: 0.33289
Using Limit Factor
For District
Calculation of Limit Factor Levy
Using Implicit
Price Deflator
16,580,240 Levy basis for calculation: (2020 Limit Factor) (Note 2) 16,580,240
1.0100 x Limit Factor 1.0060
16,746,042 = Levy 16,679,721
65,802,444 Local new construction 65,802,444
0 + Increase in utility value (Note 3) 0
65,802,444 = Total new construction 65,802,444
2.26293 x Last year’s regular levy rate 2.26293
148,906 = New construction levy 148,906
16,894,948 Total Limit Factor Levy 16,828,627
Annexation Levy
0 Omitted assessment levy (Note 4) 0
16,894,948 Total Limit Factor Levy + new lid lifts 16,828,627
7,835,011,635 Regular levy assessed value less annexations 7,835,011,635
2.15634 = Annexation rate (cannot exceed statutory maximum rate) 2.14788
0 x Annexation assessed value 0
0 = Annexation Levy 0
Lid lifts, Refunds and Total
0 + First year lid lifts 0
16,894,948 + Limit Factor Levy 16,828,627
16,894,948 = Total RCW 84.55 levy 16,828,627
1,676 + Relevy for prior year refunds (Note 5) 1,676
16,896,624 = Total RCW 84.55 levy + refunds 16,830,303
Levy Correction: Year of Error ______ (+or-)
16,896,624 ALLOWABLE LEVY (Note 6) 16,830,303
Increase Information (Note 7)
2.15655 Levy rate based on allowable levy 2.14809
16,594,254 Last year’s ACTUAL regular levy 16,594,254
151,788 Dollar increase over last year other than N/C – Annex 85,467
0.91% Percent increase over last year other than N/C – Annex 0.52%
Calculation of statutory levy
Regular levy assessed value (Note 8) 7,835,011,635
x Maximum statutory rate 3.49211
= Maximum statutory levy 27,360,722
+Omitted assessments levy 0
=Maximum statutory levy 27,360,722
Limit factor needed for statutory levy Not usable
ALL YEARS SHOWN ON THIS FORM ARE THE YEARS IN WHICH THE TAX IS PAYABLE.
Please read carefully the notes on the reverse side.
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Notes:
1) Rates for fire districts and the library district are estimated at the time this worksheet is
produced. Fire district and library district rates affect the maximum allowable rate for cities
annexed to them. These rates will change, mainly in response to the actual levy requests
from the fire and library districts. Hence, affected cities may have a higher or lower
allowable levy rate than is shown here when final levy rates are calculated.
2) This figure shows the maximum allowable levy, which may differ from any actual prior levy
if a district has levied less than its maximum in prior years. The maximum allowable levy
excludes any allowable refund levy if the maximum was based on a limit factor. The
maximum allowable levy excludes omitted assessments if the maximum was determined by
your district’s statutory rate limit. If your district passed a limit factor ordinance in the year
indicated, that limit factor would help determine the highest allowable levy. However, if the
statutory rate limit was more restrictive than your stated limit factor, the statutory rate limit is
controlling.
3) Any increase in value in state-assessed property is considered to be new construction value
for purposes of calculating the respective limits. State-assessed property is property
belonging to inter-county utility and transportation companies (telephone, railroad, airline
companies and the like).
4) An omitted assessment is property value that should have been included on a prior year’s roll
but will be included on the tax roll for which this worksheet has been prepared. Omits are
assessed and taxed at the rate in effect for the year omitted (RCW 84.40.080-085). Omitted
assessments tax is deducted from the levy maximum before calculating the levy rate for
current assessments and added back in as a current year’s receivable.
5) Administrative refunds under RCW 84.69.020 were removed from the levy lid by the 1981
legislature.
6) A district is entitled to the lesser of the maximum levies determined by application of the
limit under RCW 84.55 and the statutory rate limit. Levies may be subject to further
proration if aggregate rate limits set in Article VII of the state constitution and in RCW
84.52.043 are exceeded.
7) This section is provided for your information, and to assist in preparing any Increase
Ordinance that may be required by RCW 84.55.120. The increase information compares the
allowable levy for the next tax year with your ACTUAL levy being collected this year. The
actual levy excludes any refund levy and expired temporary lid lifts, if applicable. New
construction, annexation and refund levies, as well as temporary lid lifts in their initial year,
are subtracted from this year’s allowable levy before the comparison is made.
8) Assessed valuations shown are subject to change from error corrections and appeal board
decisions recorded between the date of this worksheet and final levy rate determination.
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City of Tukwila
City Council Finance Committee
Meeting Minutes
October 26, 2020 – 5:30 p.m. – Electronic Meeting due to COVID-19 Emergency
Councilmembers Present: Verna Seal, Chair; Kathy Hougardy, Zak Idan
Staff Present: David Cline, Vicky Carlsen, Tony Cullerton, Laurel Humphrey
Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I.BUSINESS AGENDA
A.Contract: 2021-2022 City Attorney Services
Staff is seeking Council approval of a contract with Ogden Murphy Wallace for attorney services
for 2021-2022. General services will be billed at a flat monthly rate of $33,000 and other matters
will be billed hourly as described in the memo.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to November 16, 2020 Regular Consent Agenda.
B.Contract: 2021-2022 Prosecution Services
Staff is seeking Council approval of a contract with the Walls Law Firm for prosecution
services in the amount of $12,500 per month.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to November 16, 2020 Regular Consent Agenda.
C.Contract: 2021-2022 Public Defense Services
Staff is seeking approval of a contract with Kirshenbaum & Goss for public defender services
in the amount of $29,100 per month.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to November 16, 2020 Regular Consent Agenda.
D.Tax Levy Legislation
Staff is seeking Council approval of ordinances to increase the regular tax levy from 20120
and adopt the general and excess property tax levy for 2021.
Committee Recommendation
Unanimous approval. Forward to November 9, 2020 Committee of the Whole for Public
Hearing.
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