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Home My WebLink About0357 32'1f: COMMISSIONER'S PROCEEDINGS VOL. 0 JEFFERSON COUNTY WASHINGTON TRICI . IUlllA' In "..II.U . I Monday, Uctober 4, 1965. The Honorable Board of Jefferson County Commissioners met in regular session with all members present. ~w. Lyle Kenyon ~Jpeured with Mr. Lawrence Cooper, Field Supervisor of the State Department of Public Assistance from Olympia. He informed the Board that due to the difficulty in securing a ~lelfure Administrator to fill the vacuncy in this office, it is proposed to combine Jeffe!'llon County ...lith Clallam County, with the Clallam County Administrator in charge of both Counties. The local office force will be retained in this County. The members of the Boa.l'd ull entered their objections to this plan. Mr. J. E. Hieber and Mr. Yeager A. Bush, representing Bridgehuven Plat at South Point appeared before tile Board. The Preliminary Plat of Division 4, Bridgehaven, W~1l presented. October lB, 1965 at 11:00 A M., was fixed for hearing on the plat, upon motion made by : Geor~~{tr~~n8fotg~ i:N~n~:~flrLd;~h~~e~ere read and approved as read. ' Mr. Neil Pendley appeared relative to salaries for road workers. Mr. Jack Slaven of 'l'L4coma, ap peured with the preliminary l-tarshall-\'lill1ams Addition Plat on Hood's Canal. A hearing will be held on October 18, 1965 at 1:30 P.M., by the Board. Mr. Ron \'lestley appe ared relu. tive to funds needed by the Quilcene School Di strict from Federal Forest Funds. This was taken under advisement by the Board. The members of the Board studied the 1966 Current Expense Budget and considered the needs of the various departments. A noti ce was received from the Washington State Uquor Control Board stating Jimmie Cotton, d/b/a Hadlock House, P. o. Box 67, Hadlock made application for Class H license in lieu of Class C. This was approved by the Board of County Commissioners. Bills were examined and approved as follows: I The Honorable Board of Jeffer'son County Commissioners met in regular session with all membe rs present. ' , ( The matter of the special election to oontinue dis cussed and a fter due oonsideration' and upon the ney, Resolution No. C-620 was signed as follows: the 9 mill levy on County valuation Wa$ advice of W. J. Daly, Prosecuting Atto~- " . Current Expense Fund $ County Road' Fund Soldiers' &. Sailors Fd. J. C. Fire Dist #1, " " "#2 Tuberculosis Hosp Supta. Spec. Servo Fund Law Library Fund Recess at 4:00 P.M. 17,411.70 36,590.09 240.00 55.95 40.40 263.50 565.94 49.66 I Friday, October 8, 1965. . REsoLurroN NO. C-620. i: WHE~AS, the 1965 Washington State Legislature enacted legislation, subsequently" i:approved, by the Governor, which will materially affect ;the financial aspect and stability I I, of the government of Jeffersoh County in calendar 1967, and in years thereafter, and ' : \'lHEREAS, Chapter 174, Laws of 1965, Extraordinary Session, "freezes" the actual iproperty tux oollections for Jefferson County at the existing dollar level (except for ;'normaJ. growth in the tax valuation by inclusion of property not previously on the tax irolls) urlless a ma,jority of the voters at a G~veral SCate Election approve an increase in'; :,the total dollars to be ,collected, and :: II i! if \'lHEREAS, this Board' of County Commissioners may revise downward the normal Jefferson:j iCount.y millr.Jt;e limit of 9.00 as it applies to, the new and anticipated taxable valuation I, i;thereof, and thus produce the same dollar rev~nue as did 9.00 mills in calendar 1966 (or ,I :'as near us practicabiLe as no".. can be estimated), allowinc; for normal growth in the valua-:: :ition of ~efferson County by the inclusion of prop~rty not previously on the tax rolls, an~ i ~ " \'1HEgEAS, the Wushington State Lebislatur~, from session to session, has placed an I'additiono.l burden on counties to provide new :oervices to the citizens without providing ,!the mean;! to necure additional revenue, and i!1 order to provide such services, it is '!necessary that Jefferson County be authorized, to levy the full nine (9) mills allowable ,under the forty-mill (40) constitutional limitation, and I i' I' WHEREAS, Chapter 174, Laws of 1965, Extraordinary Session, requires n majority vote 'Iof the electors ut a general election held in Jefferson County to authorize an increase fin the reduco~ millaGe back to the 9 mills allowable under the 40-mill constitutional 11il)litation on, the" new eq~a.lizod valuation, une ,i NOW 'l'HEREfORE, BE rl', R;SOLVED by the Board of Count~ Commissioners for Jefferson COllntJ~ I,that for the purpose of providin[; sufrtcient funds reqlll.red' for the oper",tion of its :r CUrr€lnt Expon~e Fund in calendar 1967, nnd in the yours thereafter u lovy of not to :! f:exceod 9 mi110 permi onnb1e by law tHhin tile cons titutional 40-m:l.ll tax limit should continuo I:'to be made on the, propor~y within Joff~rl.lon County on t~El basis of equalized valuation of i: ,:th!)tuxablo property for collection in 1967, und 1nthe years theroaftorl. (notwithstandingi l~im:lt.ation contained in Sections 2, 3 and 4, Chap tor 1 n, Laws of 1965, ~xtraordinary Ii !Session), l.U'Id II II . , , "I II ' BE I'l' I~R'l'I-lER RESOLVED thlit un emergency is horeby found and declnred to exist Ii Irequiring the oubmisoion, to tho qualif'J.ed electors of Jllfferson County of a proposition II ~s to whether or not such a tax levy shouihd be mude f.or tho pur'iose set forth herein a\', :the General E].Elation to pe hel.d in Jefferson County on November' 2, 1965, an? the County I ~I uditor for Jeffer:Jon County as ex-officio Supervisor of Elections in Jefferoon Cou.nty I s hereby requested to find the existence of such emel:'genc'l.J. nrovide for the COStlB ~~ftleo 1'1' the,issuanco of emergency warrants, and to call and contluC't sucS! e ect:l,\')n 'to e I I .