King County Local Voters Pamphlet

May 18, 2004 Special Elections

Fire Protection District No. 45
Proposition No. 1
Authorizing Increase In Regular Property Tax Levy

The Board of Commissioners of King County Fire If approved by a majority of voters, Duvall / King County Fire Protection District No. 45 Protection District No. 45 adopted Resolution No. 266 will be authorized to levy regular property taxes at a rate of $1.50 per thousand dollars of concerning a proposition to increase regular property assessed valuation. The actual levy will be established by the Board of Commissioners. The tax rates. This proposition would approve regular prop-current levy rate is $1.24 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The additional tax erty taxes higher than the limits in Chapter 84.55 RCW, revenue will fund fire and emergency services. levying a regular property tax of One Dollar and 50/100 ($1.50) per One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) of assessed value on all taxable property within the District in 2004 for collection in 2005. This shall not be construed to authorize an excess levy and shall be subject to otherwise applicable statutory dollar rate limitations.

Approved
Rejected

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

If approved by a majority of voters, Duvall / King County Fire Protection District No. 45 will be authorized to levy regular property taxes at a rate of $1.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The actual levy will be established by the Board of Commissioners. The current levy rate is $1.24 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The additional tax revenue will fund fire and emergency services.

Statement For

Statement Against

District 45 uses a successful combination of paid staff and highlytrained volunteers to provide round-the-clock professional emergency response from our main Duvall station. Continued use of qualified volunteers (which many districts are eliminating) keeps our emergency service cost-effective and community-based.

Our fire district covers a large geographic area, with growing population and increasing numbers of emergency response calls. Funding staffing for the second station will ensure quicker response to the eastern areas of the district, without drawing services away from downtown. Currently, a crew responding to an outlying region from headquarters means fewer staff and equipment are available for a simultaneous emergency elsewhere. The citizens voted to build the second station, and it only makes sense to provide staffing to maximize responses. Multiple crews will then be available for resource-intensive calls such as fires and traffic collisions. Increased personnel responding more effeciently to emergencies will translate into greater safety for firefighters and citizens.

Approving Proposition One will help offset the cuts in funding resulting from I-747, as well as protecting us from reductions in service if I-864 is approved in the Fall of 2004. Proposition No. 1 will mean more lives saved and more property protected!

STATEMENT PREPARED BY: Maria Mahowald, Houston Barclay,
Barbara Greenstreet

No Statement Submitted.

Updated: Apr. 30, 2004

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