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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2024 -� <br />A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT A PROPOSITION TO THE VOTERS OF KITTITAS <br />COUNTY: AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE OT THE KITTITAS COUNTY ROAD <br />PROPERTY TAX <br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County and its Public Works Department are responsible for <br />maintenance, repairs and improvement for 500 miles of roads and more than 250 <br />bridges and structures. <br />WHEREAS: the Board of Commissioners has determined it is essential and necessary for the <br />continued maintenance, repairs, and improvement of the Kittitas County roads <br />and bridges that the County provide additional funds for the County Road <br />Department; and, <br />WHEREAS: surveys of Kittitas County voters have shown they are reliant on the County's <br />Public Works Department to continuously provide critical services without <br />interruption including access for emergency vehicles, snow plowing, keeping <br />school bus routes open and safe, bridge safety, prevention of flooding on roads <br />and timely repairs and paving; and <br />WHEREAS: the Board of County Commissioners have determined the revenues that will be <br />available to Public Works Department from its existing regular property tax levy <br />will be insufficient to provide for the continued maintenance, repairs, and <br />improvements of county roads, and therefore determined that it is in the interest <br />of the County and its citizens to submit a levy lid lift proposition to the voters for <br />their consideration. This proposition, if approved, would authorize the County to <br />levy regular property taxes beginning in 2025 at the rate of $1.01027 per $1,000 <br />of assessed value; and, <br />WHEREAS: the proposed increase in the County's property tax levy of $0.24 per $1,000 of <br />assessed value for 2025 would be the equivalent of $96 per year for a typical <br />residence valued at $400,000; and, <br />WHEREAS: the dollar amount of the maximum allowable levy under RCW 84.55 levied for <br />collection in 2025 shall be used for the purpose of computing the limitations on <br />subsequent levies, in subsequent years, under said Section; and, <br />WHEREAS: the proposal set out in this resolution requires approval by a simple majority of <br />the voters in Kittitas County. <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby authorize the Clerk of the Board to certify a copy of this resolution <br />to the Kittitas County Auditor no later than August 5, 2024, and to perform such <br />other duties as may be necessary or required by law to place the proposition <br />described herein on the ballot at the election to be held on November 5, 2024; <br />and, <br />