HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-99 - Res. Limiting Factor for Regular Current Expense Fund Levy at 6% MASON COUNTY CURRENT EXPENSE FUN
SOLUTION NO . P
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MASON
COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AS FOLLOWS .
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Mason County have met and
considered the Current Expense Budget for the calendar year 1999 ; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Mason County Commissioners , in the course of considering
the Current Expense Budget for 1999 have reviewed all sources of revenue and examined all
anticipated expenses and obligations ; and
WHEREAS, Washington State has declared Mason County an "economically distressed
county, " and the Board of Mason County Commissioners have determined that, due to the
increased costs and needs of mandated criminal justice services , the reduced state forest revenue,
and the protection of future property tax revenues , there is a substantial need to increase the
regular property tax levy rate above the rate of inflation as defined by the implicit price deflator
(IPD) .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Mason County
Commissioners that the limit factor for the regular levy for the Current Expense Fund for the
calendar year 1999 shall be 6 . 0% of the highest amount of regular property taxes that could have
been lawfully levied in Mason County in any year since 1985 .
ADOPTED this day of January, 1999 .
BO OF COUNTY C 1KI IONERS
Cynthia Olsen, Chairperson
John A . Bolender, Commissioner
ter .
Mary Jo Cady, Commissioner
ATTEST :
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R , ec a S . Rogers, Clerk of the B 4 rd
A? ROUE NS TO FORM :
Michael Clift, Chief Deputy Prosecutor