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ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM NO.
6.B.
STAFF SPONSOR: VICKY CARLSEN
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 11/14/ 22
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Ordinances adopting 2023 property tax levy
CATEGORY ® Discussion
Mt Date 11/14/22
❑ Motion
Mtg Date
❑ Resolution
Mtg Date
Ordinance
Mt1 Date 11/21/22
❑ Bid Award
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Public Hearing
Mt' Date 11/14/22
❑ Other
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SPONSOR ❑ Council ❑ Mayor ❑ Admin Svcs ❑ DCD ® Finance ❑ Fire ❑ P&R ❑ Police ❑ PIC
SPONSOR'S
SUMMARY
City Council is being asked to approve two ordinances that will adopt both the regular levy
and excess levy for 2023
REVIEWED BY
❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ® Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev.
L❑IAC ❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm.
DATE: 10/24/22 COMMITTEE CHAIR: QUINN
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR/ADMIN. Finance
COMMITTEE Unanimous Approval; Forward to 11/14/22 C.O.W.
COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED
AMOUNT BUDGETED
APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
Fund Source:
Comments:
MTG. DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
11/14/22
Forward to next Regular Meeting
11/21/22
MTG. DATE
ATTACHMENTS
11/14/22
Informational Memorandum dated 10/18/22
Draft Ordinances
Preliminary Levy Limit Worksheet - 2023 Tax Roll
Minutes from the Finance & Governance Committee meeting 10/24/22
11/21/22
Final Ordinances
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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, 2023, 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 properlygiven notice of a pu blic hearing held on
November 14, 2022, 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 orderto 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
necessaryto meet its expenses and obligations forth e propertytax reven u e to be increased
for 2023, 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 2023 levy in
the amount of $158,660, which is a percentage increase of 0.92% 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/su bsection 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 ora 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, 2023.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2022.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, CMC, 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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C Lc : Tukwila
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, 2023, 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 Cou n cil of the City of Tukwila has considered the City's anticipated
financial requirements for 2023 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 forthe 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, pursuantto Ordinance No. 2514, passed on November21, 2016,
authorized the issuance and sale of $36,500,000 principal amount of the City's Unlimited
Tax General Obligation Bonds, 2016 and pursuantto 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 (togetherthe "Bonds"); and has determined that
to provide the money necessary to pay the debt service requirements on the Bonds in the
year 2023, an excess property tax levy in the amount of $4,535,975 forthe Bonds must be
levied in year 2022, and collected in year 2023; 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 $8,981,288,883,
current taxes for the ensuing year commencing January 1, 2023, in the amounts specified
below:
Rate Amount
Regular Tax Levy $1.95 $ 17,600,000
Excess Tax Levy $0.50 $ 4,535,975
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, 2023. The regulartax levy includes new construction and
improvements to property, estimated to be $74,619, a re -levy of prior year refunds in the
estimated amount of $20,825, 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/su bsection 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 ora 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, 2023.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2022.
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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