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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
In the Matter of a Declaration of a }
Financial Emergency in the Jefferson}
County Road Fund }
RESOLUTION NO. 66-09
WHEREAS, the citizens of Jefferson County depend on County transportation programs
and facilities to conduct their lives and their businesses; and
WHEREAS, the County confronts an unanticipated economic downturn that has
depressed the revenue streams to the County Road Fund; and
WHEREAS, the cost of constructing and maintaining County roads continue to rise at a
rate above the general rate of inflation; and
WHEREAS, Washington State law requires "that each county shall perpetually have
available advanced plans looking to the future for not less than six years as a guide in carrying
out a coordinated transportation program" (RCW 36.81.121(1)).
WHEREAS, on July 27,2009, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution
42-09 adopting the Jefferson County 2010-2015 Transportation Improvement Program of capital
transportation projects for each year of the six-year period, including secured and anticipated
funding sources for each project; and
WHEREAS, the adopted Jefferson County 2010-2015 Transportation Improvement
Program totals $23.069 million in anticipated project expenses, of which $12.334 million is
secured funding, and $10.735 million for which funding has yet to be secured; and
WHEREAS, the adopted Jefferson County 2010-2015 Transportation Improvement
Program projection of the Road Fund shows the Road Fund Balance declining over the six year
period and dipping below the Cash Reserve Goal by 2015; and
WHEREAS, unencumbered excess fund balance in the County Road Fund is what has
been relied upon in the past few years to help fund road projects through a lean economy; and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding prior efforts to economize by holding open vacant positions
and reducing other expenditures, depressed revenue and projected project costs has impacted the
County Road Fund to the point that action is required to sustain the 2010-2015 Transportation
Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, since 1999, Jefferson County has chosen not to levy the highest lawful levy
on property taxes, saving tax payers money during that time, and creating unlevied portions of
the maximum property tax levy (known as Banked Capacity) for future years; and
RESOLUTION NO. 66-09
WHEREAS, the County Assessor has determined the County Road Fund Levy Banked
Capacity for 2009 taxes to be $216,000; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has the authority pursuant to state
statute and WAC 458-19-065 to levy any or all of the prior year's unlevied portions of the
maximum property tax levy (known as Banked Capacity) when setting the ad valorem property
tax levies; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County Ordinance No. 18-1220-04 establishes criteria for
considering the use of Banked Capacity, including the provision that the Commissioners may by
simple majority vote to declare an emergency to exist by adopting a resolution at a regular public
meeting stating the specific nature of an emergency and the basis of determining the amount of
Banked Capacity that will be levied;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of Jefferson
County that as provided in Ordinance No. 18-1220-04 an economic emergency is hereby
declared to exist for the reasons previously stated in this Resolution, which requires the use of
$216,000 of the County Road Fund Levy Banked Capacity based upon the budget analysis
described in this Resolution.
APPR<fJVED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of November, 2009.
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