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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Adiel McKnight, Executive Assistant
DATE: November 22, 2021
SUBJECT: HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2022; Hearing
Scheduled for Monday, December 6, 2021 at 11:15 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.
This public hearing was originally held on November 15, 2021 but was disrupted by a power outage. Public
testimony taken on November 15, 2021 will be included as part of the new hearing scheduled for November 22,
2021.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve HEARING NOTICE re: Setting of Ad Valorem Tax Levies for 2022; Hearing Scheduled for
Monday, December 6, 2021 at 11:15 a.m. in the Commissioner's Chambers
To view DRAFT documents please go to
https://test.co.jefferson.wa.us/WebLinkExternal/0/fol/2695944/Row l.aspx
REVIEWED BY:
Mark McCauley, Interim County Administrator Date
Please publish 2 times:November 24 and December 1, 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,December 6, 2021 at 11:15 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
hearing be published in the official newspaper of Jefferson County,and that at said hearing any
interested person may appear virtually and be heard for or against the resolutions.To view documents,
go to https://test.co Jefferson.wa.us/WebLinkExternal/0/fol/2695944/Rowl.aspx
To participate/provide testimony,you will need to join the meeting by 11:15 a.m. To participate via
Zoom,click on https://zoom.us/j/93777841705. To participate/provide testimony via telephone dial
1-253-215-8782 and enter access code: 937-7784-1705#by 11:15 a.m. To view this meeting live
with no participation, 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. This public hearing was
originally held on November 15,2021 but was disrupted by a power outage. Public testimony
taken on November 15,2021 will be included as part of the new hearing scheduled for
November 22,2021.
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$670,000 of the Road Levy for Traffic Law Enforcement within the General Fund.
In addition,written testimony is also invited beginning on November 24, 2021 and ending on
December 6,2021 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. Testimony must be received by the Board of County
Commissioners by the end of the hearing public comment period.
Approved and signed this 22nd day of November, 2021.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kate Dean, Chair