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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, 2020
SUBJECT: HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2021; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday, November 16, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in the
Commissioner's Chambers
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2021
ANALYSIS:
State law (RCW 84.55.120) requires that the Commissioners hold a public hearing on the 2021 Ad Valorem
Tax Levies for levy in 2020 and collection in 2021.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2021; Hearing Scheduled for
Monday, November 16, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioner's Chambers
REVIEk"Y-,
ip Morle , C`cf ty Administ� Date
Please publish 2 times: November 5 and 12, 2020
Bill to Jefferson County Commissioners
Non -departmental Fund
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 16, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. in the
Commissioners' Chamber, County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
98368. Per the May 29, 2020 Jefferson County Public Health Officer Order, the BOCC meetings
will be held virtually. To view the meetings live go to www.co.iefferson.wa.us Follow the links
under "Quick Links: Videos of Meetings -Streaming Live " or those without intemet can listen by
dialing Phone #: 1-646-749-3122 - enter Access Code: 661-198-069#. Access for the hearing
impaired and others can be accommodated using Washington Relay Service at 1-800-833-6384.
The public hearing is to consider the following: Proposed Resolutions setting the 2021 Ad
Valorem Tax Levies for Jefferson County based on 2020 assessments for collection in 2021.
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 2021 tax year.
Proposed Tax Increase for 2021: (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, the County Road District Tax Levy and 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.
Proposed Diversion of Road Levy for Traffic Law Enforcement for 2021:
The Board of County Commissioners is also considering a Resolution to continue a past practice
of diverting $720,000 of the Road Levy for Traffic Law Enforcement within the General Fund.
In addition, written testimony is also invited beginning on November 5, 2020 and ending on
November 16, 2020 at the end of the Public Hearing, unless extended by the Board of County
Commissioners. Written public testimony may be submitted by Email to:
jeffboccgco jefferson.wa.us; or by Mail to: Jefferson County Commissioners' Office; PO Box
1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368. To provide oral testimony, dial 1-646-749-3122 and enter
access code: 661-198-069# by 10:30 a.m. so your call can be taken. Testimony must be received
by the Board of County Commissioners by the end of the hearing public comment period.
Approved and signed this 2°d day of November, 2020.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Greg Brotherton, Chair