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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Executive Assistant
DATE: November 2, 2015
SUBJECT: HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2016; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday, November 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commissioner's Chambers
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2016
ANALYSIS:
State law (RCW 84.55.120) requires that the Commissioners hold a public hearing on the 2016 Ad Valorem
Tax Levies for levy in 2015 and collection in 2016.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2016; Hearing Scheduled for
Monday, November 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioner's Chambers
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Please publish 2 times: November 4 and 11, 2015
Bill to Jefferson County Commissioners
Non -departmental #15829
PO Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing is scheduled by the Jefferson County
Board of Commissioners for MONDAY, November 23 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners' Chamber, County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
98368 to consider the following:
Proposed Resolutions setting the 2016 Ad Valorem Tax Levies for
Jefferson County based on 2015 assessments for collection in 2016.
Proposed Resolutions finding a substantial need to increase the
property tax limit factor above the rate of inflation and adopt a
limit factor of 101 percent for the 2016 tax year.
Proposed Tax Increase for 2016: (Pursuant to Chapter 84.55.120 RCW)
The Board of County Commissioners has proposed increases of up to one percent (1%) in the
County General Fund Tax Levy and the County Road District Tax Levy and for the County
Conservation Futures Tax Levy plus increases for all levies resulting from new construction,
improvement to property, any increase in the assessed value of state -assessed property, and any
refunds from the previous year.
Approved and signed this 2nd day of November, 2015.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
David Sullivan, Chairman