HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution DraftBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF'WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO.2023-
A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT A PROPOSITION TO THE VOTERS OF KITTITAS
couNTY: AUTHORTZNG A TWO-TENTHS oF oNE PERCENT (0.2%) SALES AND
USE TAX TO FUND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH KITTCOM'S EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND F'ACILITIES PURSUANT TO RCW 82.14.420
WHEREAS, Section 82.14.420 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) authorizes county
legislative authorities to adopt a Resolution providing for the submission of a
proposal to county voters for the imposition of a sales and use tax up to two-tenths
of one percent (0.2n for financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping,
operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, re-equipping, and improvement of
countywide emergency communication systems and facilities; and
WIIEREAS, pursuant to RCW 38.52.510, Kittitas County must provide or participate in
countywide emergency communications systems so that "9-l-l" service is
available throughout the State; and
WHEREAS, Kittitas Cormty is a party to an Interlocal Agreement titled "KITTCOM's
Goveming Agreement" establishing KITTCOM, a separate public agency and
consolidated public safety communications center created for the purpose of
providing communication and dispatch services for public safety and emergencies
in the participating incorporated and unincorporated areas of Kittitas County; and
WHERAAS, a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ("CISA") review by the United
States Department of Homeland Security has determined that the countywide
emergency communication systems and facilities which KITTCOM maintains and
which Kittitas County relies upon to meet its obligations under RCW 38.52.510,
and which county rcsidents rely upon for public safety and emergency assistance,
have significantly aged and been subjected to wear and tear; and
WHEREAS, based in part on the CISA review, KITTCOM identified a need for major
investment and continued funding for ongoing maintenance of communications
and dispatch infrastructure, systems, and facilities;and
WIfiREAS, therefore, the KITTCOM Administrative Board established aCitizenAdvisory
Committee to review the need for and potentially recommend to the KITTCOM
Board that it request the Board of County Commissioners submit a proposition to
the voters for the adoption of the two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) sales and use
tax authorized by RCW 82.14.420, to fund costs associated with the financing,
design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling,
repairing, re-equipping, and improvement of emergency communication systems
and facilities in Kittitas County;and
WHEREAS' by KITTCOM Administrative Board Resolution 2023-7, which is attached hereto
and herby incorporated by reference, KITTCOM has requested that the Board of
County Commissioners submit a ballot proposition at the April 23,2024 Special
Election to the voters of Kittitas County proposing the adoption of the two-tenths
of one percent (0.2%) sales and use tax for emergency communication systems and
facilities authorized by RCW 82.14.420; and
WHEREAS, KITTCOM and its participating agencies, including Kittitas County, the City of
Ellensburg, KVFR, and other stakeholders, affirm the need to maintain and
improve the emergency communications systems and facilities in Kittitas County;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Kittitas County deems it to be in the best interest
of the County and its constituents to submit such a proposition to the voters; and
WIil,REAS, a passing vote must be recorded by the Kittitas County Auditor in order for the tax
to be enacted; and
WHEREAS, the tax, if approved, shallbe imposed commencing January 1,2025, and terminate
December 31,2034;
NOW TIIEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Kittitas County Commissioners as
follows:
(1) There shall be submitted to the voters of Kittitas County, Washington, at the Special
Election to be held on April 23,2024, a ballot proposition, which if approved by the
voters, will fix and impose a sales and use tax in accordance with the terms of RCW
82.14 .420 at the rate of two-tenths of one percent of the selling price in the case of
sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of use tax, which tax shall be in
addition to any other taxes authorized by law and which shall be collected from those
persons who are taxable by the State under Chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW upon the
occurrence of any taxable event within Kittitas County, to be used solely for the
purpose of providing funds for costs associated with financing, design, acquisition,
construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, re-equipping,
and improvement of,the KITrcOM emergency communications systems and
facilities.
(2) The Kittitas County Auditor is hereby directed that the following proposition in its
substantial form shall be placed before the voters at the April 23,2024 Special
Election, and if approved, the Department of Revenue shall be notified at least 75
days prior to January 1,2025, of the implementation of the tax;
Kittitas County
KITTCOM Emergency Communications Systems and Facilities Sales and Use Tax
PROPOSITION NO. 1
The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 2023-_, conceming an
emergency communication systems and facilities sales and use tax. As authorized by RCW
82.14.420, these funds would be used solely for the purpose of providing funds for KITTCOM
for costs associated with financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating,
maintaining, remodeling, ropairing, re-equipping, and improvemsnt of emergency
communications systems and facilities. If approved, the proposition would increase the sales and
use tax within Kittitas County bry twotenths of onepercent for tenyears.
Should this proposition be approved?
[] Yes
[] No
DATED this _ day of at Ellensburg, Washington,
BOARD OF
Laura
Brett Commissioner
A
Clerk of the Board,