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Commissioners Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Adiel McKnight, Executive Assistant
DATE: November 1,2021
SUBJECT: HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2022; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday,November 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the
Commissioner's Chambers
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2022
ANALYSIS:
State law(RCW 84.55.120)requires that the Commissioners hold a public hearing on the 2022 Ad Valorem
Tax Levies for levy in 2021 and collection in 2022.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2022; Hearing Scheduled for
Monday,November 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Commissioner's Chambers
REVIEWED BY:
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Please publish 2 times: November 3 and 10, 2021
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 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the
Commissioners' Chambers, County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA
98368 (NOTE:No In-Person Attendance Allowed(Per Jefferson County RESOLUTION No.45-21)),
and said notice of said hearingbepublished in the official newspaper of Jefferson Count and that
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at said hearing any interested person may appear virtually and be heard for or against the
resolutions. To participate virtually, you will need to join the meeting by 11:00 a.m. To
participate via Zoom, click on https://zoom.us/j/93777841705. To participate via telephone dial
1-253-215-8782 and enter access code: 937-7784-1705#by 11:00 a.m. To view this meeting live
with no participation, or to view documents, go to www.co.jefferson.wa.us Follow the links
under "Quick Links: Videos of Meetings: Today. " 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 2022 Ad
Valorem Tax Levies for Jefferson County based on 2021 assessments for collection in 2022.
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 2022 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 2022:
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 1, 2021 and ending on
November 15, 2021 at the end of the Public Hearing, unless extended by the Board of County
Commissioners. Written public testimony may be submitted by Email to:
jeffbocc@co jefferson.wa.us; or by Mail to: Jefferson County Commissioners' Office; PO Box
1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368. To provide oral testimony, dial 1-253-215-8782 and enter
access code: 937-7784-1705# by 11:00 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 1st day of November, 2021.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, Chair